Biographies of engineers
All Engineering Timelines items
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Airfields/Hangers
Amusement Structures
Aqueducts
Luggie Aqueduct,
Forth & Clyde Canal, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland ...
1772 - 1773
Pont Y Cafnau,
River Taff, near Cyfartha ironworks site, Merthyr Tydfil ...
1793
Marple Aqueduct,
River Goyt, Marple, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK ...
May 1794 - 1800
Chirk Aqueduct,
River Ceiriog, south west of Chirk, Wrexham/Shropshire border ...
1796 - 1801
Beam Aqueduct,
downstream of Great Torrington, Devon ...
11 August 1824
Thirlmere Aqueduct,
Straining Well, Lake Thirlmere, Cumbria to Prestwich Reservoir, Manchester ...
1890 - 12th October 1894
Haweswater Aqueduct,
starting at the southern end of Haweswater Reservoir, Cumbria ...
1934 - 1941, 1948 - 1955, 1971 - 1972, 1976
Aviaries/Enclosures
Birthplaces
Boat Lift
Falkirk Wheel,
jcn Forth & Clyde Canal and Union Canal, Falkirk, Scotland, UK ...
2000 - 13th May 2002
Breakwaters
Banjo Pier,
River Looe, East Looe, Cornwall ...
1897
Bridges
Wycoller Clapper Bridges,
Wycoller Beck, Wycoller, Lancashire, UK ...
not known, possibly one Anglo Saxon and the other Victorian
Eadsford Bridge,
River Ribble, west of Clitheroe, Lancashire ...
original possibly 1339
Yeolm Bridge,
River Ottery, Yeolmbridge, near Launceston, Cornwal ...
circa 1350
Whalley Bridge,
River Calder, Whalley, Lancashire ...
original possibly 14th century
Paythorne Bridge,
River Ribble, Paythorne, Lancashire ...
original possibly 14th century
Wakerley Bridge,
River Welland, Wakerley, Northamptonshire ...
14th century
Respryn Bridge,
River Fowey, south west of Bodmin, Cornwall ...
15th century
Eamont Bridge,
River Eamont, Penrith, Cumbria ...
possibly 1425, possibly 16th century
Twizel Bridge,
Twizel, near Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland, UK ...
circa 1500
Bideford Long Bridge,
River Torridge, Bideford, Devon, UK ...
1460 - 1500, 1792 - 1810, 1864 - 1866, 1925, 1968
Straight Bridge,
River Rawthey, A683, east of Sedbergh, Cumbria ...
possibly 16th century
Newby Bridge,
River Leven, Newby Bridge, Cumbria ...
circa 1577
Crook of Lune Bridge,
River Lune, Beck Foot, northwest of Sedbergh, Cumbria ...
possibly 16th century
Loyn Bridge,
River Lune, north of Hornby, Lancashire ...
after 1591
Rawthey Bridge,
River Rawthey, A683, northeast of Sedbergh, Cumbria ...
after 1614
Berwick Bridge,
River Tweed, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, UK ...
1611 - 1624, completed 1634
Middleton Bridge,
River Rawthey, 4km southwest of Sedbergh, Cumbria ...
possibly 1670
Nether Bridge,
River Kent, Kendal, Cumbria ...
17th century, 1772, 1908
Causey Arch,
Causey Burn, east of Tanfield, County Durham ...
1725-6
Perth Bridge,
River Tay, Perth, Perth and Kinross ...
1766 -1771
Banff Bridge,
Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ...
1772 - 1779
Iron Bridge,
River Severn, Ironbridge, Shropshire ...
1779 - 1 January 1781
Grindleton Bridge,
River Ribble, Grindleton, Lancashire ...
original 18th century, 1934 - 1935
Sawley Bridge,
River Ribble, Sawley, Lancashire ...
possibly late 18th century
Dunsop Bridge,
River Dunsop, Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire ...
late 18th century
Newton Bridge,
River Hodder, Newton, Lancashire ...
late 18th century
Posset Bridge,
Peak Forest Canal, Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK ...
1802 1803
Tickford Bridge,
River Ouzel, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, UK ...
1808 - September 1810
Cowley Bridge,
River Creedy, Cowley, Devon, UK ...
26th June - 5th October 1814
Miller Bridge,
River Kent, Kendal, Cumbria ...
May 1818 - November 1818
Bradford Bridge,
River Ribble, West Bradford, Lancashire ...
possibly early 19th century
Union Bridge,
River Tweed, just north of Horncliffe, Northumberland, UK ...
2nd August 1819 - 26th July 1820
Musgrave Bridge,
River Eden, B6259, southwest of Great Musgrave, Cumbria ...
1825
Over Bridge,
River Severn, west of Gloucester ...
1826 - 1828
Mythe Bridge,
River Severn, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire ...
1824 - 12th May 1826
Kingston Bridge, London,
River Thames, Kingston upon Thames, London, UK ...
7th November 1825 - 17th July 1828, 1912 - 1914
Morpeth Bridge,
River Wansbeck, Morpeth, Northumberland ...
1829 - 1831
Whorlton Bridge,
River Tees, Whorlton, County Durham ...
19th August 1830 - July 1831
Royal Border Bridge,
River Tweed, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland ...
July 1845 - 29th August 1850
Barnes Rail Bridge,
River Thames, Barnes, London ...
1846 - 22nd August 1849, 1891 - 6th June 1895
Clough Heads Bridge,
Clough Heads Brook, near Bleasdale, Lancashire, UK ...
17th August 1858 - 1859
Victoria Bridge,
River Severn, Upper Arley, Shropshire ...
31st January 1861
Runcorn Rail Bridge,
River Mersey, Runcorn in Merseyside to Widness in Cheshire, UK ...
1863 - 10th October 1868
Albert Bridge,
River Thames, Chelsea, London ...
1870 - 3rd December 1873
Tower Bridge,
River Thames, beside the Tower of London ...
April 1886 - 30th June 1894
Tay Rail Bridge,
River Tay, Dundee to Fife, Scotland, UK ...
June 1882 - 20th June 1887
Barton Swing Bridge,
Barton Road, Barton upon Irwell, Greater Manchester, UK ...
1893 - 1st January 1894
Greyhound Bridge,
River Lune, Lancaster, Lancashire ...
1910 - 28th October 1911
Keadby Bridge,
River Trent, west of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire ...
1916
Tyne Bridge,
Newcastle upon Tyne ...
July 1925 - 1929 (opened 10th October 1928)
Runcorn Bridge,
River Mersey, Runcorn to Widnes, Cheshire ...
April 1956 - July 1961
Trent River Crossing,
Sawley, between M1 Junctions 24a and 25, south west of Nottingham, UK ...
April 1964 - May 1966
Severn Road Bridge,
River Severn, north west of Bristol, UK ...
March 1961 - 8th September 1966
Wye Bridge and Viaduct,
Rvers Severn and Wye, Beachley, Gloucestershire, UK ...
July 1963 - 8th September 1966, 1985 - 1991
Calder Bridge,
River Calder, M1 north of Junction 39, West Yorkshire, UK ...
1966 - October 1968
Erskine Bridge,
River Clyde, Erskine, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK ...
April 1967 - 2nd July 1971
Buildings
Bage's Mill,
Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire ...
1796 - August 1797
Glass Cone,
Lemington, Tyne and Wear ...
not known
British Museum,
Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, UK ...
1823, 1826, 1847, 1854 - 1857, 1998 - 2000
Brighton Station,
Brighton, Sussex ...
October 1840 - September 1841, 1882 - 1883
Stalybridge Station,
Rassbottom Street, Stalybridge, Tameside, Manchester, UK ...
23rd December 1845
Victoria Tower,
Salisbury Dock river entrance, Port of Liverpool, Merseyside ...
1844 - 4th August 1848
Frome Station roof,
Station Approach, off Walbridge, Frome, Somerset ...
opened 7th October 1850
Keswick Station,
off Brundholme Road, Keswick, Cumbria, UK ...
1863 - January 1865
Preston Market Hall,
Lancaster Road and Market Street, Preston, Lancashire, UK ...
16th February 1870 - 1875
Air & Space Hall,
Museum of Science & Industry, Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester ...
1877 - 1878
York Station,
Station Road, York, UK ...
1874 - 25th June 1877
Blackpool Tower,
The Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire ...
29th September 1891 - May 1894
Queen Street Mill,
Queen Street, Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancashire ...
1894 - 1895, 1901
Tulketh Mill,
Balcarres Road, Ashton, Preston, Lancashire ...
1905
Victoria Baths,
Hathersage Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, UK ...
1903 - 1906
Labworth Cafe,
Eastern Esplanade, Canvey Island, Essex, UK ...
1932 - 1933
Highpoint I,
North Road, Highgate, London N6, UK ...
1934 - 1935
Highpoint II,
North Road, Highgate, London N6, UK ...
1937 - 1938
Ron Arad ,
Kentish Town, London ...
1991
Millennium Dome,
Greenwich peninsula, London ...
23rd June 1997 - 22 June 1998
Beetham Tower,
301 Deansgate, Manchester, UK ...
February 2004 - 26th April 2006
Canals
Aire & Calder Navigation,
Rivers Aire and Calder, Goole to Leeds, Yorkshire, UK ...
1704-06, 1721, 1775-79, 1818-20, 1821, 1824, 1834-
Calder & Hebble Navigation,
Rivers Calder and Hebble, Wakefield to Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK ...
1760 - Sept 1770, 1772 - 1774, 1776, 1783, 1828
River Lee Navigation,
River Lee (Lea), Hertford to London at Greenwich ...
1767 - 1771, 1779, 1782 and onwards
Bridgewater Canal,
Worsley Basin to Castlefield Basin in Manchester, UK ...
1759 - 21st March 1776, 1795
Ashton Canal,
Ducie Street, Piccadilly, to Ashton under Lyne, Manchester, UK ...
1791 - 1799
Peak Forest Canal,
Bugsworth Basin in Buxworth, Derbyshire, to Portland Basin, Ashton Canal, Manchester, UK ...
1795 - November 1805
Huddersfield Narrow Canal,
Huddersfield in West Yorkshire to Stalybridge in Greater Manchester, UK ...
July 1794 - 4th April 1811
Leeds & Liverpool Canal,
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire to Vauxhall, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK ...
July 1779 - October 1816
Lancaster Canal,
Kendal, Cumbria to Westhoughton, near Wigan, Lancashire, UK ...
1792 - 1819, 1823 - 1826
Manchester Ship Canal,
Eastham, Merseyside to Salford Docks and Pamona Docks, Greater Manchester, UK ...
11th November 1887 - 1st January 1894
Castles
Leeds Castle,
Leeds, near Maidstone, Kent, UK ...
1119 onwards
St Mawes Castle,
St Mawes, Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall ...
April 1540 - 1544
Pendennis Castle,
Pendennis Point, Falmouth, Cornwall ...
October 1540 - circa 1545, 1595 - 1600 and onwards
Cathedrals
Churches
Coast Protection works
Hodbarrow Sea Defences,
Duddon Sands, near Millom, Cumbria ...
pre 1884, 1888-90, 27th April 1900 - April 1905
Dams/Reservoirs
Coquet Dam,
River Coquet, near Guyance, Northumberland ...
1777
Lower Tamar Dam,
River Tamar, northern Cornwall and Devon border, UK ...
1820
Bottoms Dam,
Langley, near Macclesfield, Chesire, UK ...
circa 1850
Abbeystead Dam,
River Wyre, southwest of Abbeystead, Lancashire ...
1878 - 1881
Cowm Dam,
Whitworth, Lancashire, UK ...
1867 - 1886
Sheepstor Dam,
Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK ...
1894 - 21st September 1898, 1923 - 1928
Burrator Dam,
Burrator Reservoir, north east of Plymouth, Devon, UK ...
9th August 1893 - 21st September 1898
Howden Dam,
Derwent Valley, Derbyshire ...
1901 - 1912
Scar House Dam,
Middlesmoor, Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, UK ...
5th October 1921 - 1933
Tan-y-Grisiau Dam,
Tan-y-Grisiau Reservoir, Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd ...
1957 - March 1963
Dove Stone Dam,
8km east of Oldham, Greater Manchester ...
1960 - 6th October 1966
Scammonden Dam,
Scammonden Water, west of Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK ...
1st November 1966 - 31st October 1969
Windscar Dam,
River Don, Peak District, South Yorkshire ...
1972 - 1975
Meldon Dam,
Meldon, near Okehampton, Devon, UK ...
1970 -1972
Upper Tamar Dam,
River Tamar, northern Cornwall and Devon border, UK ...
completed 1975
Docks/Slipways
Slip No.1, Devonport,
Royal Dockyard South Yard, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon ...
circa 1763 (slip), circa 1814 (cover)
Leith Docks,
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK ...
1800 - 1806, 1810 - 1817, 1826 - 1829 and onwards
Fleetwood Docks,
Fleetwood, Lancashire ...
1840 - 1846, 1869 - 1877, 1906 - 1908, 1972
Brentford Dock,
south of High Street, Brentford, London ...
1855 - 1859
Sunderland South Docks,
Hendon, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, UK ...
1846 - 1856, 1864 - 1867, 1887 - 1880, 1899 - 1904
Albert Edward Dock,
Watery Lane, Preston, Lancashire ...
11th October 1884 - 25th June 1892
Barry Docks,
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK ...
14th November 1884 - 1889, 1893, 1898, 1908
Drainage Systems
Hillcarr Sough,
west of River Derwent, Darley Dale, Derbyshire ...
1766 - 1787 and later
Nent Force Level,
along the River Nent between Alston and Nenthead, Cumbria ...
1776, 1777, 1810, 1842
Earthworks/Fortifications
Maiden Castle,
near Winterborne Monkton, Dorset ...
circa 3000 BC onwards
Edinshall Fort,
Cockburn Law, north of Duns, Scottish Borders ...
circa 2 AD
Factories/Industrial Plants
Trafford Park,
Third Avenue/Eleventh Street, Trafford Park Village, Greater Manchester, UK ...
1896
ferries
Flood Prevention
Furnaces
Graves/Memorials
Harbours
Rye Harbour,
Rye, East Sussex, UK ...
1724 onwards, 1769 - 1773, completed by 1787
Seaham Harbour,
Seaham, County Durham, UK ...
September 1828 - July 1831
Portland Harbour,
between Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, Dorset ...
1849 - 1868, 1893
Homes of Engineers
Industrial Machinery
Jettys
Land Reclamation
Landscaping
Lighthouses
Bell Rock Lighthouse,
Inchcape Rock, SE of Arbroath, outside the Firth of Tay ...
16th August 1807 - 1st February 1811
Old Lundy Lighthouse,
Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, 21km north west of Hartland Point, Devon ...
1820
Bishop Rock Lighthouse,
Bishop Rock, 6km west of St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, UK ...
1852 - 1st September 1858, 1881 - October 1887
Nab Tower,
The Solent, off the Isle of Wight ...
1920
Locks
Marple Locks,
Peak Forest Canal, Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK ...
October 1795 - November 1804, 1811
Foxton Locks,
Grand Junction Canal, Foxton, Leicestershire ...
1814
Meeting Places
Mining/Quarrying
Monuments/Sculptures
Stonehenge,
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire ...
circa 3100 - 2800 BC
The Monument,
Fish Street Hill, London EC3, UK ...
1671 - 1677
Scott Monument,
Princes Street, Edinburgh, UK ...
15th August 1840 - August 1844
Piers
Ryde Pier,
Ryde, Isle of Wight ...
1813 - 1814
Southwold Pier,
Southwold, Suffolk ...
original 1900, rebuilt 1999-2001
Power Generation
Dounreay Nuclear Reactors,
Dounreay, near Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, UK ...
March 1955 - May 1958, November 1959, 1968 - 1974
Barrow Offshore Wind Farm,
Irish Sea 7.5km SW of Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK ...
April 2005 - June 2006
Black Law Wind Farm,
Black Law, near Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland ...
July 2004 - September 2006
Whitelee Wind Farm,
Whitelee, Eaglesham Moor, near Glasgow, Scotland, UK ...
October 2006 - January 2008
Race Tracks
Railway Viaducts
Sankey Viaduct,
Sankey Brook, west of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside ...
1828 - September 1830
Wetheral Viaduct,
River Eden, Wetheral, near Carlisle, Cumbria ...
1831 – 1833 (opened 18th June 1838)
Corby Viaduct,
Corby Beck (or Drybeck), Great Corby, 8km east of Carlisle, Cumbria ...
1830 – 1834 (opened July 1836)
Stockport Viaduct,
Chestergate, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK ...
10th March 1839 - 21st December 1840, 1887 - 1889
Lowther Viaduct,
River Lowther, 4km south of Penrith, Cumbria ...
1845 - December 1846
Burnley Viaduct,
West of Burnley Central Station, Burnley, Lancashire, UK ...
1848
Yarm Viaduct,
River Tees, Yarm, County Durham, UK ...
1851 - 15th May 1852
Leven Viaduct,
River Leven estuary, Ulverston, Cumbria ...
1st April 1856 - 14th June 1857
Kent Viaduct,
River Kent estuary, Arnside, Cumbria ...
21st October 1856 - 24th July 1857
Merrygill Viaduct,
Hartley Beck, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria ...
1859 - 4th July 1861
Podgill Viaduct,
Ladthwaite Beck, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria ...
1859 - 4th July 1861
Marple Viaduct,
River Goyt, Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK ...
April 1862 - April 1863
Solway Viaduct, site of,
Solway Firth from Herdhill Scar, near Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria ...
October 1865 – 27th June 1868 (opened 1869)
Ribblehead Viaduct,
near Ribblehead station, Yorkshire Dales National Park ...
1869 - 1875
Meldon Viaduct,
Meldon, near Okehampton, Devon, UK ...
1874, 1878 - 1879
Dent Head Viaduct,
between Blea Moor Tunnel and Artengill Beck, Dentdale, Cumbria ...
1870 - 1875
Chelfham Viaduct,
Chelfham Barton, near Barnstaple, Devon, UK ...
1896 - 16th May 1898
Adam Bridge,
River Douglas, north of Wigan, Greater Manchester ...
rebuilt 1947
Railways
Tring Cutting,
East of Tring, Hertfordshire ...
mid 1834 - late 1837
Mersey Railway,
Liverpool to Birkenhead, Merseyside, UK ...
December 1879 - 20th January 1886, , 1888, 1891, 11th January 1892
Road Viaducts
Tinsley Viaduct,
M1 Junction 34, between Sheffield and Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK ...
spring 1965 - 25th March 1968
Roads
Wade's Causeway,
Wheeldale Moor, south of Goathland, North Yorkshire, UK ...
circa 100 AD
Lofthouse Interchange,
junction M1 and M62, south of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK ...
1965 - 1967, 1996 - 12th February 1999
Scientific Installations
Sewage/Sewers
Ships
Stadiums/Arenas/Pools
Telecoms Structures
Emley Moor Transmitter,
Jagger Lane, Emley Moor, Kirklees, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK ...
1956, 1964, August 1969 - 1971
Tramways/Funicular
Tunnels
Thames Tunnel,
Rotherhithe to Wapping, London ...
February 1825 - March 1843
Box Tunnel,
Box, Wiltshire, UK ...
September 1836 - June 1841
Summit Tunnel,
Bottomley, Walsden, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK ...
September 1837 - 1st March 1841
Woodhead Tunnels,
Woodhead to Dunford Bridge, Peak District, West Riding of Yorkshire, UK ...
1st Oct 1838 - 22nd Dec 1845, 1847 - 2nd Feb 1852, 1949 - 1953
The Tower Subway,
under the River Thames, Tower Hill to Vine Street, London, UK ...
February 1869 - 7th April 1870
Rotherhithe Tunnel,
from Limehouse to Rotherhithe, River Thames, London ...
1904 - 12 June 1908
Walls & Abutments
Cowran Cut,
5km south of Brampton, Cumbria ...
1832 – July 1836
Mersey Approach training banks,
eastern end of the system, north of Perch Rock, New Brighton, Merseyside ...
April 1909 - November 1910, various dates to 1960
Water Supplies/Pipes
Water Towers/Tanks
Watermills
Preston Mill,
Preston, East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland, UK ...
circa 1660 onwards
Three Mills,
River Lea, Bromley by Bow, London, UK ...
1776, 1817
Waterwheels
Windmills
Cley Windmill,
River Glaven, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk ...
circa 1815 - 1819
Ramsey Windmill,
A604, west of Ramsey, Essex ...
erected before 1819, moved 1842
Draper's Mill,
St Peter's Footpath, College Road, Margate, Kent ...
1845
Workplaces
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