BIOGRAPHY

An overview of John Rennie’s contribution to the City of London

John Rennie in City of London Engineering Hall of Fame

Sir John Rennie’s Autobiography, including a number of references to his father’s work and influence

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082362876&view=1up&seq=11&skin=2021

Lives of the Engineers by Samuel Smiles, 1874. A biography of John Rennie

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb0qdi&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021

A Tour through the Naval Establishments of Great Britain 1816-20 by Charles Dupin, 1822 (translated from the French)

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293032192613&view=1up&seq=7

John Rennie’s improvements to Scotland’s Infrastructure, 1816 – 1820 by Roland Paxton

https://ice-museum-scotland.hw.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/rap_pp_12.pdf

Bell Rock Lighthouse and Rennie’s role in the design by Katriina Etholen

https://talesfromthebraziersgrotto.wordpress.com/2021/02/01/the-lanterns-of-the-bell-rock-lighthouse-were-lit-for-the-first-time-210-years-ago/

Institution of Civil Engineers’  – Profiles of John Rennie’s Projects

https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/bell-rock-lighthouse-and-smeatons-tower 

https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/southwark-bridge

https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/draining-the-fens

CANALS

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/

Kennet and Avon canal

https://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/index.php/36-themes/transport/68-kennet-and-avon-canal

https://katrust.org.uk/

http://museu.ms/museum/details/8060/kennet-avon-canal-museum

Shortest, Steepest Lock Flight in the UK. Caen Hill Locks – YouTube 

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/bradford-on-avon-wharf

https://www.visitpewseyvale.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Walk-17.pdf  A circular walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal, including Ladies Bridge

The Dundas Aqueduct blockbusters | Construction News Account of the restoration of Dundas aqueduct

Lancaster canal

Lune Aqueduct walk and audio trail | Canal & River Trust (canalrivertrust.org.uk)

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/original/31138-lancaster-canal-and-lune-aqueduct-trail-teachers-notes.pdf

Chelmer and Blackwater navigation

https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/discover-the-waterways/chelmer-blackwater-navigation

Croydon canal

https://www.foresthillsociety.com/2009/09/brief-history-of-croydon-canal.html

https://tinyurl.com/3n7snzs4  Route of canal on Google MyMap

Stowmarket navigation

https://rivergippingtrust.org.uk/

Caldon tramway

https://churnet.co.uk/article.php?xmlfile=./caldontramroads.xml&caller=index.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ricMjSHRuzc  Video about all four tramroads, with Rennie’s route featuring from 6mins 50 secs

DOCKS, HARBOURS & COASTAL WORKS

London docks tobacco dock

https://www.tobaccodocklondon.com/blog/the-history-of-tobacco-dock/

West India docks, London

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp300-310#p2

Ramsgate harbour

https://thanetonline.blogspot.com/2011/12/history-of-ramsgate-harbour-local.html

Sheerness dockyard

https://sdpt.org.uk/the-dockyard-story-rennie

Custom House dock, Dublin

Stack A warehouse https://chq.ie/history/

BRIDGES

Southwark bridge

https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-original-southwark-bridge/

https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/southwark-bridge

Union chain bridge

Friends of the Union Chain Bridge (unionbridgefriends.com)

OTHER PROJECTS
Albion Mill
https://mailchi.mp/millsarchive.org/mills-archive-john-rennie-and-the-albion-mills-1784-91?e=909acc71c6