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John Rennie

John Rennie (1761-1821) was a civil engineer from East Linton[?], Scotland. He worked first as a millwright[?], then attended Edinburgh University and became an engineer in 1784.

He built many bridges, canals, docks[?]:

Kelso[?] Bridge]]
Leeds Bridge
Musselburgh[?]
Newton Stewart[?]
Boston
New Galloway[?]
Southwark Bridge[?] (old)
Waterloo Bridge[?] (old)
London Bridge (old)
London Docks[?]
Blackwall Dock[?]
Hull Dock[?]
Liverpool Docks[?]
Dublin Docks[?]
Greenock[?] Docks
Leith Dock[?]
Plymouth breakwater

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