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Encyclopedia > John Rennie

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  • John Rennie (engineer) (1761 - 1821)
  • John Rennie (railway engineer) (1794 - 1874)
  • John Rennie (spymaster) (1914 - 1981)

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John Rennie (engineer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (269 words)
Rennie then attended Edinburgh University (1780-1783) and began work as an engineer, employed by Boulton and Watt for five years at mill building, and working under James Watt from 1783.
Rennie was also responsible for designing and building docks at Hull, Liverpool, Greenock and Leith and improving the harbours and dockyards at Portsmouth, Chatham and Devonport.
Rennie's last project was London Bridge, still under construction when he died in 1821 but completed by his son, also John Rennie.
BBC - History - John Rennie (1761 - 1821) (738 words)
Rennie was the fourth son of a prosperous farmer on the Phantassie estate near the Scottish village of East Linton, 20 miles east of Edinburgh.
Rennie's largest works were docks and harbours for commercial purposes, including Grimsby (1797-1800), Leith (1801-17) and the London Docks (1801-21).
Rennie was one of the greatest civil engineers of his era.
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