Engineer of Metropolitan Railway. He attended a private school at Whitley Hall Grenoside Sheffield from the age of nine and on leaving he began his career in 1833 at the Sheffield water-works. Showing great promise he moved to London where he spent two years in the offices of Mr Rastrick who was responsible for the construction of the railway line from Sheffield to Manchester. In 1844 he became a consultant engineer, specialising in the fields of railway construction with a special emphasis on railway bridges. Two of his earlier projects were the railroads between Sheffield and Grimsby and London and Brighton, the start of what proved to be a long and illustrious career as one of Britain's leading civil engineers. In 1860 he designed the Pimlico Rail Bridge, the first rail bridge over the Thames within the metropolis of London. By1865 he was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the youngest president who had ever sat in the chair and by 1885 he was made K.C.M.G. (Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) by Queen Victoria. His greatest achievement was that together with Benjamin Baker, he designed and built the Forth Rail Bridge (1882–90) in Scotland, the first major structure made of steel.
Engineer of Metropolitan Railway. He attended a private school at Whitley Hall Grenoside Sheffield from the age of nine and on leaving he began his career in 1833 at the Sheffield water-works. Showing great promise he moved to London where he spent two years in the offices of Mr Rastrick who was responsible for the construction of the railway line from Sheffield to Manchester. In 1844 he became a consultant engineer, specialising in the fields of railway construction with a special emphasis on railway bridges. Two of his earlier projects were the railroads between Sheffield and Grimsby and London and Brighton, the start of what proved to be a long and illustrious career as one of Britain's leading civil engineers. In 1860 he designed the Pimlico Rail Bridge, the first rail bridge over the Thames within the metropolis of London. By1865 he was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the youngest president who had ever sat in the chair and by 1885 he was made K.C.M.G. (Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) by Queen Victoria. His greatest achievement was that together with Benjamin Baker, he designed and built the Forth Rail Bridge (1882–90) in Scotland, the first major structure made of steel.
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