James Brindley

James Brindley

male, deceased (1772)
engineer, Canalengineer, English, From Derbyshire, from Leek, Staffordshire, Tunstead, Derbyshire
James Brindley (1716 - 30 September 1772) was an English engineer. He was born in Tunstead, Derbyshire, and lived much of his life in Leek,...
William Jessop

William Jessop

male, deceased (1814)
Nanpantan, Ripon Canal, edge rails, wagonway, reservoirs, Canalengineer…Grand Canal of Ireland, Cromford Canal, Grand Junction Canal, Ure and Ripon Canal, Grand Union Canal
William Jessop was a noted English civil engineer, particularly famed for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and...
John Rennie

John Rennie

male, deceased (1821)
buried at St Paul's Cathedral, Lancaster, England, from East Lothian, Waterloo Bridge, East Linton, Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation…Kennet and Avon Canal, Lancaster Canal, Crinan Canal, engineer, mechanical engineer
John Rennie (7 June 1761 at "Phantassie", near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland - 4 October 1821), a farmer's younger son, was a Scottish civil...
Thomas Dadford

Thomas Dadford

male, deceased (1809)
civil engineer, Stourton, Staffordshire, From Worcestershire, Stourton, English, arrest…Glamorganshire Canal, Neath Canal, Montgomeryshire Canal, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Dudley Canal Line No. 1
Thomas Dadford, Senior (died 1809) was an English canal engineer, as were his sons, Thomas Dadford Junior, John Dadford and James Dadford. He...
John Smeaton

John Smeaton

male, deceased (1792)
Yorkshireman, Member of the Lunar Society, death by stroke, From Leeds, FRS, Lighthouse builder…Canalengineer, Bridge engineer, canal, mechanical engineer, civil engineer
John Smeaton, <small>FRS</small>, (June 8, 1724 - October 28, 1792) was a civil engineer - often regarded as the "father of civil engineering" -...

James Dadford

male, 240 years old
civil engineer, Canalengineer, English, Thomas Dadford Junior, Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, Gloucester and Berkeley Canal
James Dadford (born 1769) was an English canal engineer, as were his father Thomas Dadford and brothers Thomas Dadford Junior and John Dadford. He...

Benjamin Outram

male, deceased (1805)
Canalengineer, civil engineer, enclosures act, Butterley Tunnel, Butterley Company, moiety…Nottingham Canal, Cromford Canal, engineer
Benjamin Outram (1 April 1764 - 22 May 1805) was an English civil engineer. Born at Alfreton in Derbyshire, Outram was a civil engineer, surveyor...
Canvass White

Canvass White

male, deceased (1834)
American, Canalengineer, engineer, from New York, inventor, portland cement…Delaware and Raritan Canal
Canvass White was an engineer and inventor. He was chief engineer at the Delaware and Raritan Canal and he patented a type of hydraulic cement.

James Morgan

male, deceased (1856)
buried at Brompton Cemetery, wolverhampton, Canalengineer, architect, bridge, engineer…Regent's Canal, civil engineer
James Morgan was a British architect and engineer, notably associated with the completion of the Regent's Canal in London. Morgan is thought to...

John Dadford

male
civil engineer, Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal, Canalengineer, English, tram, engineer…Neath Canal, Montgomeryshire Canal, Aberdare Canal
John Dadford was an English canal engineer, as were his father Thomas Dadford and brothers Thomas Dadford Junior and James Dadford. From 1794 -...