  | CHAPTER I. | | My birth and early education—I enter my Father’s office—Commencement of Waterloo and Southwark Bridges—Anecdotes of Mr. Ferguson, of Pitfour—The Stockton and Darlington Railway, and Surveys between Port Patrick and Donaghadee—Account of the mode of erecting the arches of Southwark Bridge—Journey to the Continent and Field of Waterloo—Account of the building of Waterloo Bridge—It is opened in State by the Prince Regent, 1817. | Page 1 | | CHAPTER II. | | Travels in Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Asia Minor, Constantinople, and Egypt—Return to England—Death of Mr. Rennie | 36 | | CHAPTER III. | | Eau Brink Cut—Ramsgate Harbour—Sheerness Dockyard—Plymouth Breakwater—Anecdote of the late Mr. J. Fox—London Bridge and Approaches—Sir F. Trench’s Plan for Quaying the Thames—Nene Outfall—Cross Keys Bridge—Norfolk Estuary—Improvement of the Witham—Ancholme Drainage | 157 | | CHAPTER IV. | | Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Railway System—The Manchester and Liverpool, London and Birmingham, and other early Lines | 228 | | CHAPTER V. | | Travels in the North of Europe and Spain | 252 | | CHAPTER VI. | | Ship Canal from Portsmouth to London—Machinery and Engine Making—Screw Steam Ships—Hartlepool and Coquet Harbours—Railways round London—Railway Mania—South-Eastern Railway—London, Chatham, and Dover Railway | 284 | | CHAPTER VII. | | Swedish Railways—Surveys in Holland and Portugal | 304 | | CHAPTER VIII. | | Surveys in Portugal and Tunis | 343 | | CHAPTER IX. | | Surveys at Odessa and Vienna—Harbour at Ponta Delgada—Ramsgate—Dagenham | 377 | | CHAPTER X. | | Retrospect—London Bridge—Sheerness Dockyard—Plymouth Breakwater and Victualling Yard—Steam Vessels for the Navy—Harbours—Railways—Broad and Narrow Gauge—Atmospheric Railway—Water Supply and Sewage | 407 | | CHAPTER XI. | | The Formation of Natural Breakwaters—The Society of Civil Engineers—The Education of a Civil Engineer—Some Hints on Practice—Estimating—Conclusion | 427 | | Index | 459 |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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SIR JOHN RENNIE.
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