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4 unusual facts about Patrick Meik


Patrick Meik

The Meiks' expertise saw port and railway designs developed in many parts of the British Empire, including Christmas Island, India, Burma (the Rangoon River training works – where Patrick worked with Sir George Buchanan) and Mozambique.

In the 1900s, their firm was commissioned to design the Kinlochleven hydroelectric scheme in the Scottish Highlands.

Thomas Meik

He retired in 1888 and died in Edinburgh in 1896 aged 84, leaving his business in the hands of his sons, Patrick and Charles.

Particularly associated with ports and railways in Scotland and northern England, Meik fathered two prominent engineering sons: Patrick Meik and Charles Meik.



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