Born Bodmin, Cornwall. Civil Engineer, particularly involved with harbours: Portland, Table Bay and Colombo. Also Suez Canal.
Died Brighton.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Coode
Commemorated ati
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William Charles Copperthwaite
Engineer. 1906 Copperthwaite published "Tunnel shields and the use of compressed air in subaqueous works". 2021: We were kindly contacted by Christopher Nobbs (great-nephew of Copperthwaite) who w...
2 memorials
1 memorial
William Jessop
Civil engineer. Â Born Devon. Â Worked for Smeaton, first as an apprentice and then as assistant until 1772. Â Promoted cast iron as a constructional material. Â Built the Grand Canal in Ireland. Â Buil...
1 memorial
South End Road bridge reconstruction
Reconstructed & widened in 1969 replacing a 28 ft. wide cast iron bridge built in 1864.
1 memorial
Sir Ambrose Crowley
Ironmonger. Born in Stourbridge. He established iron works in County Durham, and was ahead of his time in the enlightened way in which he treated his employees. In 1705 he moved to Greenwich, to a ...
1 memorial
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