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3 unusual facts about John Rennie the Younger


John Rennie

Sir John Rennie the Younger (1794–1874), engineer (rail lines, completion of London Bridge)

John Rennie the Younger

He was responsible for the New River Ancholme Drainage Scheme in Lincolnshire, and Horkstow Bridge, which he designed to cross the river at Horkstow in 1835–6, is one of the earliest suspension bridges to survive and remains substantially as designed.

River Rother, East Sussex

The Rennie brothers, John and George, who had taken over from their father on his death in 1821, produced two reports on the river in 1830, as it was difficult to navigate and prone to flooding.



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