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