http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk Linking Southwark and the City of London across the River Thames Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:16:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/john-rennie.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/john-rennie.htm#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:25:32 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=267 John Rennie (1761-1821) John Rennie was born in Phantassie near East Linton, East Lothian, in 1761, and was to become one of the greatest engineers of his generation. From an early age he began working for the esteemed millwright Andrew Meikle, a fellow Scot who invented the threshing machine, an agricultural device which separated husks from [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/john-rennie.htm/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-basil-mott.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-basil-mott.htm#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:23:55 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=279 Sir Basil Mott, 1st Baronet (1859-1938) Born in Leicester in 1859, Basil Mott was later educated in Switzerland before returning home to study at the Royal School of Mines (Imperial College London). In 1886 he began working on the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) on the instigation of J. H. Greathead, the great South African [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-basil-mott.htm/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-ernest-george.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-ernest-george.htm#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:12:46 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=275 Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) Born in 1839 Ernest George was an English architect who designed numerous houses throughout the country. Having studied art and architecture at the Royal Academy Schools, London, George proceeded to design homes such as Buchan Hill in Sussex, Stoodleigh Court in Tiverton and extended Rawdon House in Hertfordshire. In the 1870`s he went into [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-ernest-george.htm/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-william-arrol-co.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-william-arrol-co.htm#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:54:56 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=287 Sir William Arrol & Co was a highly acclaimed civil engineering business established in the 1870`s. The company were responsible for building a number of bridges throughout the country, notably the Tay Rail Bridge, the Forth Rail Bridge, Southwark Bridge and Tower Bridge. The original Tay Bridge had of course collapsed just 18 months after [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-william-arrol-co.htm/feed 0