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Engineer of Romsey. He was bankrupt in 1802.
Late 1793 | He surveyed the route and estimated the cost as £47,209. | |
1795 | An Act enabling the navigation was passed based on his revised estimate of £48,930 for building the canal. He is appointed resident engineer. | |
1796 | He did a survey for the proposed canal and estimated the cost at £127,000. | |
May 1799 | He was severely criticised by John Rennie in his report on the canal works. | |
1800 | He left the company in dispute and unpaid. |
Engineer.
Early 1833 | He and John Rastrick were consulted on the horse railway the company proposed to build along a similar route to the Forest line. |
Surveyor.
1802 | He and John Taylor did a survey for the tub-boat canal and estimated the cost as £40,000. |
Engineer.
Summer 1836 | Was appointed resident engineer under William Gravatt. |
Canal and plateway engineer. It is thought that the Benjamin Outram Hodgkinson, a farmer in south-east Wales in 1849, was his son.
July 1787 | With Benjamin Outram and others he met with the Erewash Canal company to propose an extention of the canal to Pixton but could get no agreement. This being the start of the events that led to the building of the Cromford Canal. | |
1803 | He suggests tramroads as a cheaper alternative to canal cutting for connecting the canal to Kington and Stourport. An Act was passed in August to authorise the building of these tramroads. | |
1804 | He made plans to extend the canal by half a mile at Newport eliminating the Town Lock and the tunnel. | |
May 1805 | The Sirhowy tramroad which he built was opened around this date. | |
1809 | He acted as consultant to William Crossley in the re-surveying of the line to connect the canal with the Monmouthshire Canal. | |
1810 | He and William Jessop were asked to report on the canal and the proposd line to Hock Crib. | |
Summer 1811 | He was appointed engineer for the Hay tramroad and suggested a revised line, which he estimated to cost £52,743 18s. | |
October 1811 | He was reported to have been given the job of building a tramroad from Llanvihhangel to Hereford. | |
May 1812 | An Act was passed for a 5.5 mile tramroad from Llanviihangel to Monmouth Cap which he estimated to cost £12,000. | |
12 March 1814 | His 5.5 mile tramroad from Llanviihangel to Monmouth Cap was opened. | |
1 October 1814 | A meeting was called to consider his report on the state of the Radstock Line of the canal and for proposals for making a railway on the towing path. | |
Autumn 1818 | He was appointed engineer for the Kington tramroad which extended the Hay tramroad over 12 miles to Burlingjobb. | |
September 1825 | He was asked to survey the line to extend the Blaenavon tramroad from Pontnewynydd to a junction with the Trosnant tramroad at Pontypool. |
Surveyor.
Early 1820 | He made a survey for an extension of the Stourbridge Canal to Shut End either by canal or railway. |
engineer.
1793 | He surveyed an extension just under 8 miles long from Haigh bridge to the Calder & Hebble Navigation at Horbury Bridge. |
Engineer.
1792 | He planned a 4 mile cut from below Fordwich to Barton Mill below Canterbury and estimated the cost at £4,638. He rejected the cheaper solution, to make the river navigable by building two locks above Fordwich, because there were too many shallows in the river. | |
October 1795 | He did a preliminary report indicating that the drains could be rebuilt so that they would be navigable for about 3 miles to Keyingham bridge. |
Engineer.
Spring 1799 | He measured the work actually done on the canal and compared it to money paid out. This was done on behalf John Rennie who reported to the company in May. | |
1821 | Was engineer for the river improvements needed for linking the Wey & Arun Canal with the Portsmouth & Arundel Canal. | |
Summer 1823 | He completed the improvements to the river which raised barge capacity by about 10 tons to 40 tons. | |
Before 1827 | He was enginner for the canal. |
Surveyor.
1778 | He was asked to estimate the smallest possible amount needed to finish the canal to Market Weighton. |
Engineer Was assisted by Joseph 1 Atkinson and worked with Robert Carr.
16 May 1769 | The navigation company committee nominated him and Robert Carr as surveyors or resident engineers. | |
1773 | Surveyed a route for the canal assisted by Joseph Atkinson | |
March 1774 | Left the company's service. |
Engineer.
Early 1803 | He was engineer for the 8 mile tramroad from the canal head at Pont Walby to Aber-nant. It was finished within two years. | |
1810 | Together with David Hopkin he was the contractor on the canal. |
Engineer.
1869 | He was appointed engineer-surveyor. |
Builder of Hopkin's Canal
1825 | Manuscript map shows this canal, built by Hopkins, who had earlier worked on the Stepney Estate. |
Engineer of the River Kennet navigation in 1718. From a family of maltsters of Newbury. He and his father were two of the proprieters of the Kennet Navigation.
1718 | He was appointed engineer of the River Kennet and shortened the length of the navigation to 18.5 miles, 11.5 miles of which were artificial cuts. | |
15 December 1727 | The first barge arrived at Bath after the 11.5 miles of river below the city had been made navigable by 6 locks and other works said to have been built by him. | |
1728 | He produced some figures of what was spent on making the Kennet navigable but these were rejected by the proprietors as he had kept no proper accounts. He was therefore not given the money he was claiming. | |
1728 | He surveyed the route and recommended a 8.25 mile canal, with 12 locks, to take 60-ton barges at an estimated cost of £20,000. | |
13 July 1733 | He started his survey of the navigation and later recommended the building of a canal for the estimated cost of £12,870 against the £9,355 he estimated was needed to make the river navigable. |
Engineer of the Bristol Dock company.
1861 | He recommended the enlargement of the harbour entrance and the deepening of the inner basin. |
Surveyor. Worked with William Jessop.
1784 | He and William Jessop prepared a plan and estimate for a canal with the outfall at Anderby. | |
25 November 1791 | He and William Jessop reported that the Slea and Kyme Eau could be made navigable for £9,979. |
Engineer.
1829 | He issued his report on the river and estimated it would cost £5,125 to carry out his recommended improvements. He also suggested that the Jesus Green Sluice, which was a few hundred yards downsteam from the present lock, should be rebuilt and had advice on how barge traffic past the colledge backs could be improved. |
Engineer of Cardiff.
1675 | For a fee of £100 he throughly dredged the canal, extended it half a mile, so avoiding a mile of difficult river, and built a new transhipment basin and entrance with a pair of single gates that would take 60 ton craft. He also built a new weir at Exeter. The work continued into 1776. |
Engineer.
1768 | As resident engineer he started work on Topcliffe Lock but had problems getting workmen and with the fluctuating river levels which made delivery of materials difficult. | |
January 1769 | He completed Topcliffe Lock and keels were able to reach Topcliffe bridge. Shortly after he resigned his post of engineer. |
Surveyor of Birmingham.
1825 | He produced plans for a 4 mile branch from the Worcester to Alcester road to join the main line near Dunhampstead Tunnel. This branch was intended to serve the limestone quarries at Broughton Hackett near Upton Snodsbury but the Bill authorising it failed to pass. |
Surveyor and committee man of the Stratford Canal, owner of the Upper Avon Navigation and an early supporter of railways. Bankrupt in 1823. Died at Bodmin.
Civil engineer.
1810 | He proposed the canal, which was reported to have an intended depth of 4.5 foot. |
Engineer.
1869 | He was appointed canal engineer. | |
1871 | He was appointed to the Board of the tramway company building a line down the Ceiriog valley to join the canal at near Chirk. | |
1873 | He suggested the canal from Llangollen and the Weston Branch could be converted into a narrow-gauge railway and extended to Wem. | |
July 1888 | As resident engineer he reported on the cost of providing rails for an experiment with hauling boats using a small 18 inch gauge steam locomotive over about a mile on the branch. | |
Early 1890 | He made an estimate of £895,475 to rebuild the 66.5 miles of canal from Ellesmere Port to Autherley to take larger craft. |
Engineer.
27 August 1862 | It was decided that he should build a barge with a steam engine for £400 and that it should be delivered by 25 Decenber. He had previously shown models to the proprietors of the navigation and delivered the steam barge in 1863 but it was not to prove satisfactory. |
Engineer.
1858 | He was engineer for the railway line that the canal company were builing alongside the navigation. |
Engineer son of William Jessop.Resident engineer of the Bristol harbour improvements. Surveyed the Wey & Arun Junction Canal.
August 1810 | He was appointed consulting engineer, on William Whitworth's recommendation, and drew up plans for the canal and basin. | |
1811 | His role of consultant ended when Thomas Sheasby junior was taken on as resident engineer. | |
1811 | He was appointed consulting engineer and made an estimate of £72,217 for the canal, later part of the route was changed and the estimate was revised to £86,132. | |
Autumn 1813 | He was called in to make plans for the Western Branch to Newport and estimated a cost of £28,268 but was later accused of not including the cost of puddlling and lining the canal. | |
1824 | Around this time he was involved in proposing a Birmingham to Liverpool Railway which would have followed a similar line to the canal, but the railway did not gain enough support. |
Canal Engineer of great repute. Assistant to John Smeaton, woked with James Creassy, assisted by William, Senior Crosley, assisted by Thomas Dadford junior, was assisted by John Duncombe and was assisted by Samuel Hartley.
30 May 1767 | The Act for the Ure and Ripon Canal was passed based on his survey. | |
30 May 1767 | The Act for the Ure and Ripon Canal was passed based on his survey. | |
1770 | did a survey for the canal and the Ure navigation while working for Smeaton. | |
1772 | He surveyed the river on behalf of John Smeaton and recommended a 7.25 mile canal between Haddlesey and Newland near the mouth of the Aire. | |
1772 | He was called in check John Longbotham's levels between Shaw Green and Liverpool. | |
1773 | He surveyed the whole river and accepted John Smeaton,s prposals between Leeds and Castleford and drew up new proposals under Smeaton's direction for the rest of the river. | |
1773 | Under the direction of John Smeaton he drew up plans for a 5.25 mile canal between Haddlesey and Selby. | |
Early 1775 | Cutting of the Selby canal began under his direction as engineer at £250 a year. | |
December 1775 | He was engaged to build Mirfield cut with John Pinkerton as contractor. | |
1777 | He was called in to advise on the canal line below Armley. | |
1777 | He was asked to measure the work done by the Pinkerton's so that their account could be settled. | |
Late 1777 | He was called in to suggest improvements to the navigation and advised the building of a new lock at Redhill and the deepening of the upper canal to act as a reservoir. | |
1779 | He was not regularly employed by the company after this date but was sometimes consulted. | |
1779 | He reported on and approved John Smeaton's proposals for improvements to the navigation. | |
1779 | He altered John Smeaton's plan to allow for a reservoir and four broad locks before starting to build the canal. He probably completed it the next year. | |
After 1779 | He and John Pinkerton started three businesses which took advantage of the new Mirfield Cut, lime-burning, a colliery and a dry dock. | |
1780 | He started work on improvements at Kirklees and a new cut at Brighouse. | |
1782 | He was asked to survey the river to see what improvements to navigation could be made without building locks. He listed 67 shoals and thought that dredging to acheive a minimum depth of 2 feet was possible where there was a hard bed to the river. He also recommended several new cuts. | |
1783 | He reported on the lower river to Petworth Mills. | |
Early 1783 | He was employed to survey the Trent above Burton and the rivers Tame and Anker and reported that they could be made navigable to Birmingham for wide boats at much less cost than the projected Birmingham & Fazeley Canal. | |
24 June 1783 | He was appointed engineer to the new company set up by an Act just passed. He was to be paid £675 by instalments to complete authorised works. | |
1784 | He and John Hudson prepared a plan and estimate for a canal with the outfall at Anderby. | |
1784 | He was commissioned by the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Company to estimate the cost of removing shallows in the river, making a horse towing path and other navigation improvements. | |
August 1784 | He recommended that the river be made navigable from from Meadow Wharf at Colnbrookdale to Diglis below Worcester. By building 13 or 14 locks and weirs and other works it would be possible for craft drawing up to 4 feet to navigate in all seasons. | |
1785 | Battye Ford cut is extended to his plans. | |
1785 | He surveyed a proposed line for the canal. | |
1785 | He is commissioned to do a survey for the canal although the work was done by Robert Whitworth. | |
1786 | He was asked "to take a view of the works of the drainage, and of the River Hull, and to report what measures (in his opinion) ought to be pursued to give the best effect to the undertaking; what will be the probable expense of those measures, whether a navigation be compatible with the drainage, and if it be, what additional expense would be required to effect a navigation (as well as drainage) from the outfall to Monk bridge." | |
July 1786 | He reports that a navigation "will by no means be incompatible with drainage, but rather an advantage to it, if properly executed". | |
1787 | He was appointed engineer and did the final survey. | |
March 1787 | He completed a survey and reported on the river from Oxford to Lechlade. | |
July 1787 | It was agreed that he would be released from from his bond and that John Pinkerton should pay the company £2,000 by instalments which jessop was to guarantee with others. | |
4 September 1787 | The navigation works were considered complete and he was paid the balance of his fee and appointed engineer at £100 a year. | |
1788 | He made a survey and estimated that it would cost £14,400 to make the river navigable for 30-ton craft from Lewes to Pilstye Bridge just past the Cuckfield to Balcombe road. The estmate was for a navigation with 25 locks but a shorter navigation from Lewes to Lindfield with 18 locks was estimated at £9,271. | |
1788 | He gave evidence in London to support the Bill authorising the canal. | |
25 March 1788 | He stood surity for a £4,000 bond which John Pinkerton took as contractor cutting the canal. | |
December 1788 | He presented his estimate of £42,697 for building the canal at a meeting in Alfreton. | |
1789 | He was appointed engineer at £350 a year plus expenses and was to give a third of his time to the works. | |
1789 | He was commissioned by several landownwers to survey the River Gipping valley with a view to making the river navigable. | |
July 1789 | He made a suvey of the river at Sawley to estimate the cost of a side-cut. He recommended a cut and a lock. | |
1790 | He oversaw the survey by Christopher Staveley. | |
1790 | He reported that he was told that there were not more than three seagoing craft a week going above Selby and that this figure included Hull Sloops and small vessels from Gainsborough and Rotherham. | |
1790 | He reported on the lower river to Midhurst. | |
Late 1790 | He was asked to survey the canal and a branch from Lenton to the Trent at Beeston. He started his survey and found that the line suggested by Lord Middleton was impracticable because it needed tunnelling and deep cuttings but then he fell ill and suggested that James Green should complete the survey. | |
March 1790 | He gave evidence to the parliamentary committee considering the Bill. | |
19 April 1790 | He was asked to prepare detailed drawings and specifications to be used as the basis for tenders. | |
12 July 1790 | He was asked to make a survey for the line of the proposed canal. | |
Autumn 1790 | He and Christopher Staveley proposed a canal and river line to Leicester, the canalisation of the Wreak to Melton Mowbray and a rail and water line to the Leicestershire collieries. | |
1791 | Around this date he gave up his interest in the lime-burning and colliery business on Mirfield cut. | |
1791 | He was commisioned to survey the canal and its junction with the River Witham. | |
1791 | He was commisioned to survey the river and its junction with the Fossdyke. He suggested either a line round the south of the city along the Sincel Dyke or to increase the depth of navigation below High Bridge, which was only 18 inches below the minimum surface water level. | |
Early 1791 | He was asked to survey the upper river but was too busy. | |
April 1791 | He was asked to do a survey for the canal but could not find the time. | |
May 1791 | He was appointed engineer at £300 a year. | |
June 1791 | He has been ill for six months and the committee now agree that James Green should do the survey under Jessop's supervision. He says "I am still confined but hope next week to be able to get out with my head wrapped up". | |
30 June 1791 | He wrote a report considering either, taking the navigation from Horncastle down the River Bain to Tattershall and then through a new cut to the River Witham, or a new canal to join the river at Kirkstead which is 4 miles nearer to Lincoln. His estimates were £12,233 and £12,544 respectively. | |
Summer 1791 | He carried out a survey for the canal. | |
September 1791 | He submitted his estimate for the canal. | |
November 1791 | He reported on the river navgation but saw the main advantages of improvements coming from better drainage which would open up land for development. He proposed buying out Castle mills and having an entrance lock with a rise of 4 feet 4 inches. He estimated the cost as £16,274. | |
25 November 1791 | He and John Hudson reported that the Slea and Kyme Eau could be made navigable for £9,979. | |
1792 | Became engineer for the canal. | |
1792 | He was not employed as consultant after this date when Thomas Bradley became the canal engineer. | |
1792 | He is appointed engineer at 3 guineas a day. | |
1792 | He did a general survey for the line of the canal. | |
Early 1792 | He was asked to survey the navigation and recommend improvements but was probably too busy to undertake the task. | |
Early 1792 | The Amber Aqueduct partially failed and he voluntarily paid the £650 repair cost. He also offered to forgo his salary for the past six months and until the completion of the canal but this offer was not accepted. | |
Late 1792 | He revised his estimate to £82,080 due to the new Haigh bridge branch, a reservior replacing steam engines and higher land costs among other factors. | |
Late 1792 | He re-surveyed Benjamin Outrams proposed route and suggested a terminus at Little Eaton instead of Denby and a tramroad from there to the collieries. | |
Spring 1792 | He gave evidence to the parliamentary committee considering the Bill. | |
June 1792 | He commented on the extension of the line from Market Harborough to Northampton and was later appointed engineer. | |
Summer 1792 | He was asked to survey the line for the canal but was too busy. | |
Summer 1792 | He was asked to survey the line for the canal but was too busy. | |
3 July 1792 | It was decided to ask him to carry out a survey and prepare a plan. | |
August 1792 | He was called in because the company wanted "as engineer of approved character and experience" to consult and he recommended the original western route for the canal. However he did suggests some changes including a higher aqueduct at Pontcysllte to reduce the length of the proposed 4,607-yard tunnel at Ruabon. His estimate for the main line was £179,898 plus £17,000 for branches at Holt and Llanymynech. | |
September 1792 | He reported that he had looked at the various lines surveyed by William Martin, John Gott and Elias Wright and had concluded that a line from near Wakefield to Barnsley and Silkstone was best and could be built for £50,000. | |
Autumn 1792 | He checked Robert Whitworth's line for the canal. | |
Autumn 1792 | He resurveyed the route that James Barnes proposed and found little to change. | |
October 1792 | He and Robert Mylne for the Dearne & Dove Canal jointly planned a level junction lock to ensure that neither canal lost water. | |
3 October 1792 | His report was considered at a meeting of the Ancholme Navigation Commissioners who were concerned about the effect the proposed navigation would have on drainage. | |
November 1792 | He came to examine William Martins Plans for a Dock and other facilities at Selby following a request to him in August. He recommended that work start immediately when he reported in January 1793. | |
1793 | He took part in the survey and estimate of £72,115 for the 6 mile Haigh bridge branch. | |
1793 | He supervised an amended survey by Robert Gilson that proposed 5 locks above Sheriff Hutton and 9 below. | |
1793 | He was asked to resurvey the canal but did not respond. | |
1793 | He was employed to check progress of the works from time to time. | |
1793 | He was paid for the preliminary survey of the canal. | |
1793 | He made a report on the proposed canal, assisted by William Smith, and was paid £75. | |
Spring 1793 | He was appoined to take charge of construction. | |
8 July 1793 | He and Robert Whitworth reported on the on the state of the navigation and recommended improvements in preparation for a new navigation Act. | |
Autumn 1793 | He checked the Bristol & Western Canal Line. | |
Autumn 1793 | The Derwent Aqueduct cracked and he blames himself for the want of sufficient strngth in the front walls. | |
Autumn 1793 | He checked a survey made by Josiah Easton. | |
28 November 1793 | He gave his report on the lines proposed by Robert Whitworth and John Longbotham, favouring the shorter line of Longbotham but not his Tiverton and Cullompton branches. He also recommended a navigation that would take 50 ton barges. | |
1794 | He was continued as engineer by the new Trent company. | |
Late 1794 | He was associated with William Chapman in his survey of the route and plans for the canal. | |
January 1794 | About this time though "so much engaged" he found time to survey parts of the canal where water supplies were giving concern to mill owners. | |
May 1794 | The Act was passed based on his and Robert Whitworth's estimate of £138,238 for the 30 miles and 3 fulongs canal. | |
June 1794 | He decided to replace the planned embankment and culvert to cross the River Dearne with a five-arched masonary aqueduct. | |
17 June 1794 | Having been over the line layout by William Crosley and proposed the elimination of the planned tunnel by the addition of 14 locks, thus saving £20,000. His canal was to be 42 foot wide, except on embankments or in cuttings, and 5 feet deep and he specified postions for each of the locks. | |
October 1794 | The committee criticise him for not paying enough attention to the canal. | |
1795 | He surveyed a line for the proposed canal. | |
14 July 1795 | He recommends that the company abandon the locks which were planned at each end of Pontcysllte Aqueduct and instead build an iron aqueduct at the height of 125 feet above the River Dee. He also recommends iron for the other aqueduct at Pont-faen saying in might the be possible to move the crossing to Chirk, which proved true. | |
August 1795 | He approved Thomas Telford's plans for the revised line between Ruabon and Chester. | |
26 October 1795 | He agreed with William Chapman's line on the north side of the Tyne and thought that an estimate of £3,737 per mile was not high. He and Chapman jointly signed the estimate of £355,067 for the 95 mile canal. | |
1796 | He and Robert Whitworth were consulted about changes to the line. | |
Spring 1796 | He inspected the works and reported favourably on what had been done. | |
Before October 1796 | He re-surveyed the proposed route. | |
Late 1797 | He was called in to examine the engineering following the collapse of an arch on the Vyrnwy Aqueduct, which he considered a normal teething trouble. | |
1798 | Acting as engineer for the drainage authorities he reached an agreement with the navigation company over water level maintainance clauses to be included in the Beverley & Barmston Draiage Bill. | |
1799 | He designed a three ached masonry aqueduct to cross the Ouse and replace the locks on either side of the crossing down to and up from the river. | |
Late 1799 | He was employed by Mrs Bethell to do a survey. | |
February 1799 | The reservoir on the Forrest line of the canal burst and he estimated the cost at £6,193 for repairs and compensation. | |
Summer 1799 | He and John Rennine arbitrated on behalf of the company in a dispute with the contractors. | |
1800 | Around this date he gave up his interest in the dry-dock business on Mirfield cut. | |
1800 | He was invted to survey the river, consider the surveys made by Benjamin Outram in 1795 and Robert Whitworth in 1797 and propose improvements. | |
1800 | In his report for the year he says it "wholly inadvisable to execute a Canal between Pontycysyllte and Chester" partly because of the opening of new collieries and a reduction in the price of coal at Chester. | |
1800 | It was reported that he was employed to report on the scheme. | |
March 1800 | He reported the results of his survey and estimated the cost of the canal as £4,041. | |
1801 | He reported in February and more fully in the summer proposing new cuts and locks at Doncaster and Conisbrough as well as supporting earlier proposals for a cut with 2 locks at Eastwood. | |
1801 | He left the post of consultant engineer. | |
1801 | The authorising Act required him to agree with James Creassy the width, depth and size of lock before work began. | |
1801 | The Deeping Fen Act was passed based on two reports, one of which he prepared with John Rennie. | |
March 1801 | In a letter to the River Don company he suggests that an extension to Sheffield could be included in the River Don Improvement Bill. On the basis of a quick survey he thought locks should be grouped at Tinsley as back pumping would be needed and the cost of maintaining a steam engine may be too much. | |
May 1801 | He and John Rennie reported on the schemes for crossing the Ribble and recommeded a 640-feet long aqueduct 57 feet high with three 116-feet elliptical arches. | |
1802 | He reported on the state of the canal works following a dispute between Ralpph Dodd and John Rowe. | |
Early 1802 | He reported that the canal was complete. | |
1803 | He was appointed consulting engineer for the project. | |
Late 1803 | A parliamentary Bill was introduced for improvements based on his 1801 report. | |
1804 | He was asked by the River Don company to report on the possibility of a railway instead of a canal on the route. | |
April 1804 | He estimated the cost of the canal as £474,500 excluding land purchase. | |
Summer 1804 | He advised Thomas Telford to appoint two resident engineers or superintendents. | |
1805 | He and Thomas Telford decided that a basin should be made for Corpach sea-lock and that the locks should be arranged as staircase flights to save expense. | |
1805 | He and John Rennie surveyed the river from Kew to Boulter's Lock and recommended contracting and deepening the channel or preferably the building of long cuts and 5 pound-locks. | |
1805 | He made a survey of the river and notice of a Bill for improvement of the navigation was made. | |
1807 | He was asked whether any of his 1801 proposals needed to be altered but it seems he confirmed his original report. | |
1808 | He was consulted by the company concerning a dispute with Sir Thomas Pilkington over the building of new locks at Fall Ing. | |
January 1809 | Water was diverted into the new cut from the floating harbour to the Avon so completing his £600,000 scheme for the docks at double his original estimate. | |
1810 | He and John Hodgkinson were asked to report on the canal and the proposd line to Hock Crib. | |
February 1811 | He was called in to advise about the decision to abandon the idea of using boat lifts at Tardebigge. He favoured the lift because of his doubts about water supply and the high costs of pumping. | |
1829 | He proposed a ship canal from Comwich to Bridgwater. |