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2 days ago · John Smeaton was the first Englishman to describe himself as a civil engineer. He wanted to gather other like minds to discuss their interests so he set up the Society of Civil Engineers in 1771. He started out as an instrument maker but became interested in windmills and watermills and other sources of power.
4 days ago · This year is the 300th anniversary of the birth of a Leeds civil engineer and arguably its greatest – John Smeaton. He was born in Austhorpe in East Leeds but his many designs of bridges, viaducts, harbours, canals and navigations not only impacted on most of the UK, but also continue reading
2 days ago · With demand for New River water in the West End continually increasing, John Smeaton, who had established himself as a leading engineer in the 1750s, was commissioned in 1766 to investigate methods of improving supply to the Upper Pond.
5 days ago · In 1882 John Smeaton’s lighthouse of 1759 was replaced by a new tower, constructed on a nearby rock. There was nothing wrong with Smeaton’s structure – it had withstood well the batterings of the sea for 120 years – but the rock on which it had been built was beginning to erode away beneath it.
4 days ago · However, it wasn’t until 1756 that British engineer John Smeaton developed a new form of hydraulic lime for the Eddystone Lighthouse in Cornwall, marking the first use of a modern concrete-like...
2 days ago · Supplies were drawn from turncocks or by private service pipes from the mains. Smeaton's engine, capable of raising over 17,000 gallons an hour from the river, doubtless improved the supply, but in the early 19th century no more than 1,500 families were served, others still taking water from wells and carriers.
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4 days ago · The mill had five sails, an unusual arrangement first introduced at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by the engineer John Smeaton. Although provided in the 19th century with a steam auxiliary engine, the mill continued to make use of the sails until they were seriously damaged in the heavy gales of January 1930; they were then taken down leaving only the ...
