Thomas Harrison (1740-1829) was an English provincial architect and civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is particularly remembered for his work in various locations of north-west England and north Wales, most notably in Lancaster and Chester. Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... The term civil engineer refers to an individual who practices civil engineering. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English and Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS... Lancaster can refer to: Places In the United Kingdom: Lancaster, Lancashire (within the City of Lancaster) City of Lancaster In the United States: Lancaster, California Lancaster, Kansas Lancaster, Kentucky Lancaster, Massachusetts Lancaster, Minnesota Lancaster, Missouri Lancaster County, Nebraska Lancaster, New Hampshire Lancaster, New York: Lancaster (town), New York Lancaster (village... This article is about Chester in England. ...

Harrison designed Skerton Bridge, over the River Lune in Lancaster. This was the first to have a flat deck for all of its length - a feature which is said to have influenced John Rennie for his Waterloo and London Bridge designs. In 1794, he added the west tower to St John the Evangelist, a church in Lancaster. For the fictional river in J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth, see Lhûn Categories: Stub ... Lancaster can refer to: Places In the United Kingdom: Lancaster, Lancashire (within the City of Lancaster) City of Lancaster In the United States: Lancaster, California Lancaster, Kansas Lancaster, Kentucky Lancaster, Massachusetts Lancaster, Minnesota Lancaster, Missouri Lancaster County, Nebraska Lancaster, New Hampshire Lancaster, New York: Lancaster (town), New York Lancaster (village... John Rennie (7 June 1761 in East Linton, Scotland - 4 October 1821) was a civil engineer, constructing many bridges, canals, and docks. ... Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. ... This article is a text about the bridge in London. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1791, Harrison was commissioned to rebuild Chester Castle as a prison, a project that was to take 37 years, plagued by financial problems, the need for two separate Acts of Parliament, and poor workmanship (much of the work was undertaken by a badly-housed and often undernourished population of convicts). Harrison moved to Chester in 1794, living first in Northgate Street and then building himself St Martin's Lodge, a Regency house, close to the castle. 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Chester Castle was built in 1069 by William the Conqueror in Chester, Cheshire. ... In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Harrison also served as architect to Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin - of Elgin Marbles fame - and is thought to have encouraged Elgin to bring back from Constantinople drawings and plaster casts of surviving objects of the classical period to assist him with the design of Elgin's large Scottish country house, Broomhall, near Dunfermline. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (July 20, 1766 - November 14, 1841) was a British nobleman and diplomat, notorious for the removal of marble sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens -- popularly known as the Elgin Marbles. ... Metope from the Parthenon marbles depicting a Centaur and a Lapith fighting The Elgin Marbles is the popular term for the Parthenon Marbles, a large collection of marble sculptures brought to Britain between 1801 and 1805 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, the official British resident in Ottoman Athens... Map of Constantinople. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... Dunfermline (in Gaelic, the fort on the crooked linn (glen)), is a town and burgh in Fife, Scotland that sits on high ground 3 miles from the shore of the Firth of Forth, northwest of Edinburgh. ...

He was appointed County Surveyor for Cheshire in 1815 at the age of 71. His last major commission – at the age of 82 - was the design of the Grosvenor Bridge over the River Dee at Chester. But he did not live to see its completion - he resigned aged 85 and died four years later in 1829. The project was finished by his pupil and assistant, William Cole, and opened in 1832. This article is about the English county. ... 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Old Dee Bridge, River Dee, Chester, England (2002) The River Dee is a 70 mile (110 km) long river, which rises in Wales and discharges to the sea a few miles west of Liverpool. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Other projects

• bridges at Kendal and Derby
• Crown Court and Shire Hall, Lancaster Castle (completed 1798)
• The Lyceum, Liverpool (1800-1802)
• Restoration of St Peter’s church, Chester (1803)
• Portico Library, Manchester (1804-1806)
• Commercial News Room, Northgate Street, Chester (1808, later the City Club)
• Wesleyan chapel, St John Street, Chester (1811)
• The Marquess of Anglesey's Column, Llanfairpwyll, Anglesey (1816-1817, celebrating the heroism of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey at the Battle of Waterloo)
• Triumphal arch, Holyhead, Anglesey (1821)