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William Jessop

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William Jessop (1745-1814) British Civil Engineer. [c1860]. Particularly well known for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1790, with Benjamin Outram (1764-1805), he founded the Butterley ironworks, to manufacture cast-iron edge rails, a design Jessop had always used successfully with flanged wheels on a horse-drawn railway scheme for coal wagons in 1789. Engraving.

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29,0Mo (1,6Mo) / 24,2cm x 30,0cm / 2860 x 3543 (300dpi)