The Life and Works of John Rennie (7 June 1761 – 4 October 1821)

Other Resources

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