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Jessop was born in Devonport, Devon in 1745, the son of a shipwright known to leading civil engineer John Smeaton through his work on the Eddystone Lighthouse. When his father died, William Jessop was taken on as a pupil by Smeaton (who also acted as Jessop’s guardian), working on various canal schemes in Yorkshire. After working for some years as Smeaton's assistant, Jessop increasingly began to work as an engineer in his own right. Devonport, in Devon, was formerly called Plymouth Dock. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... John Smeaton John Smeaton (8 June 1724 - 28 October 1792) was a civil engineer - indeed, he is often regarded as the Father of civil engineering’ – responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbour and lighthouse. ... The Eddystone Lighthouse is a lighthouse off the coast of Devon, England. ... Yorkshire as a traditional county. ...

In 1790, he founded (with fellow engineer Benjamin Outram) the Butterley Iron Works in Derbyshire to manufacture cast-iron edge rails – a design Jessop had used successfully with flanged wheels on a horse-drawn railway scheme for coal wagons in Loughborough, Leicestershire (1789). 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Benjamin Outram (1 April 1764 - 22 May 1805) was an English civil engineer. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... Map sources for Loughborough at grid reference SK536195 Loughboroughs carillon Loughborough (pronounced luff-burra or luff-bruh) is the largest town in Leicestershire, England (City of Leicester excluded). ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

His projects included:

• the Calder and Hebble Navigation (1758-70)
• the Aire and Calder Navigation
• the Ure and Ripon Canal (1767)
• the Barnsley Canal (1792-1802)
• the Grand Canal of Ireland between the River Shannon and Dublin (1773-1805)
• the Grand Junction Canal (1793-1805 - later part of the Grand Union Canal)
• the Cromford Canal, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire
• the Nottingham Canal (1792-1796)
• the River Trent Navigation
• the Grantham Canal (1793-1797 - the first English canal entirely dependent on reservoirs for its water supply)
• oversight of the Ellesmere Canal – (1793-1805 - detailed design undertaken by Thomas Telford)
• the Rochdale Canal (1794-1798)
• the West India Docks and Isle of Dogs canal, London (1800-1802)
• the Surrey Iron Railway, linking Wandsworth and Croydon (1801-1802 – arguably the world's first public railway – albeit horse-drawn)
• the 'Floating Harbour' in Bristol (1804-1809)
• harbours at Shoreham-by-Sea and Littlehampton, West Sussex

From 1784 to 1805 Jessop lived in Newark in Nottinghamshire, where he twice served as town mayor. The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a canal system in West Yorkshire, England. ... The Aire and Calder Navigation is a river and canal system of the River Aire and the River Calder in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... The Barnsley Canal is a canal in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. ... The Grand Canal begins on the Southside of Dublin, Ireland. ... The River Shannon, Irelands longest river, divides the West of Ireland (mostly the province of Connaught) from the east and south (Leinster and most of Munster). ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ... The Grand Junction Canal was a canal in England from Braunston in Northamptonshire to the River Thames at Brentford, with a number of branches. ... The canal at Braunston The Grand Union Canal is a canal in England and part of the British canal system. ... The Cromford Canal ran 14. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Nottingham Canal was a 14. ... Grantham Canal is a canal that runs 33 miles from Grantham through 18 locks to West Bridgford where it joins the River Trent. ... Generally, a reservoir is something that can hold matter or energy. ... The Llangollen Canal we see today was previously called the Ellesmere Canal, but the Ellesmere Canal as originally envisaged was very different from what was eventually constructed. ... Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 - September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. ... The Rochdale Canal is a canal in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, UK. The canal runs between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire where it connects with the Calder and Hebble Navigation. ... The West India Docks are a series of docks on the Isle of Dogs in London. ... Isle of Dogs is also a play by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson. ... St. ... The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) linked Wandsworth in south London and Croydon in Surrey via Mitcham. ... Wandsworth is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth by the River Thames in south London. ... For other Croydons see Croydon (disambiguation) Croydon is a large suburban town and commercial centre to the south of London and forms part of the Greater London conurbation. ... A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the two administrative centres of South West England (the other being Plymouth). ... Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, is bordered on the north by the South Downs, on the west by the Adur valley and on the south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach. ... Map sources for Littlehampton at grid reference TQ1731 Littlehampton is a town in the county of West Sussex on the south coast of England. ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... Newark (also Newark-on-Trent) is a town in Nottinghamshire, located on the River Trent. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...