Brindley, James
Other Business Names:
- Bennett, Abraham
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Burslem, City of Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England
- Leek, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - civil
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - mechanical
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Transmission machinery production inc millwright work
Notes:
James Brindley, 1716-72, initially worked in the millwright's business of Abraham Bennett at Sutton, near Macclesfield, until 1742. Then set up his own millwright's business at Leek, designing water mills and windmills and installing steam engines. Opened another workshop at Burslem, 1750. Emerged as a leading canal engineer, working in particular on the Bridgewater canal scheme and subsequently on very many more
Publications:
- Brindley and canals, 1716-1772 by Malet, Hugh
- Brindley at Wet Earth Colliery. An engineering study by Banks, A G, & R B Schofield
- Brindley's Norwood Tunnel, 1771-1775. Twin of Harecastle by Richardson, Christine
- Canal Pioneers. Brindley's school of engineers by Lewis, Christopher
- Hugh Henshall by Lewis, Christopher
- James Brindley by Buckley, Stanley
- James Brindley, 1716-72, and his remuneration as a canal engineer. New evidence by Chaloner, W H
- James Brindley, 1716-72. His simultaneous commercial development of mills, steam power and canals by Richardson, Christine
- 'James Brindley, 1716-72' in C Lewis, Canal Pioneers by Lewis, Christopher
- James Brindley. An illustrated life of James Brindley, 1716-1772 by Bode, Harold
- James Brindley and his Staffordshire associates by Saul, Anthony R
- James Brindley and the (unbuilt) Monkey Island Canal by Owens, Victoria
- James Brindley and the Duke of Bridgewater. Canal visioneries by Owens, Victoria
- James Brindley, Canal Engineer. A new perspective with special reference to his family background by Evans, Kathleen M
- James Brindley, Canal Pioneer by Richardson, Christine
- James Brindley, Engineer, 1716-72 by Boucher, Cyril T G
- James Brindley. The first canal builder by Corble, Nick
- James Brindley. The pioneer of canals by Meynell, Laurence W
- James Brindley's Notebooks by Owens, Victoria (ed)
- James Brindley's notebooks, 1755-63. An eighteenth century engineer writes about his work by Owens, Victoria
- James Brindley's steam engines by Owens, Victoria
- 'Life of James Brindley' in J Weale (ed), Weale's Quarterly Papers on Engineering. Part 1 by Hughes, Samuel
- 'Life of James Brindley' in S Smiles, Lives of the Engineers; with an account of their principal works comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain. Volume 1 by Smiles, Samuel
- Note upon a part of a diary by James Brindley by Titley, Arthur
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bennett, Abraham
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Burslem, City of Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England
- Leek, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - civil
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - mechanical
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Transmission machinery production inc millwright work
Notes:
James Brindley, 1716-72, initially worked in the millwright's business of Abraham Bennett at Sutton, near Macclesfield, until 1742. Then set up his own millwright's business at Leek, designing water mills and windmills and installing steam engines. Opened another workshop at Burslem, 1750. Emerged as a leading canal engineer, working in particular on the Bridgewater canal scheme and subsequently on very many morePublications:
- Brindley and canals, 1716-1772 by Malet, Hugh
- Brindley at Wet Earth Colliery. An engineering study by Banks, A G, & R B Schofield
- Brindley's Norwood Tunnel, 1771-1775. Twin of Harecastle by Richardson, Christine
- Canal Pioneers. Brindley's school of engineers by Lewis, Christopher
- Hugh Henshall by Lewis, Christopher
- James Brindley by Buckley, Stanley
- James Brindley, 1716-72, and his remuneration as a canal engineer. New evidence by Chaloner, W H
- James Brindley, 1716-72. His simultaneous commercial development of mills, steam power and canals by Richardson, Christine
- 'James Brindley, 1716-72' in C Lewis, Canal Pioneers by Lewis, Christopher
- James Brindley. An illustrated life of James Brindley, 1716-1772 by Bode, Harold
- James Brindley and his Staffordshire associates by Saul, Anthony R
- James Brindley and the (unbuilt) Monkey Island Canal by Owens, Victoria
- James Brindley and the Duke of Bridgewater. Canal visioneries by Owens, Victoria
- James Brindley, Canal Engineer. A new perspective with special reference to his family background by Evans, Kathleen M
- James Brindley, Canal Pioneer by Richardson, Christine
- James Brindley, Engineer, 1716-72 by Boucher, Cyril T G
- James Brindley. The first canal builder by Corble, Nick
- James Brindley. The pioneer of canals by Meynell, Laurence W
- James Brindley's Notebooks by Owens, Victoria (ed)
- James Brindley's notebooks, 1755-63. An eighteenth century engineer writes about his work by Owens, Victoria
- James Brindley's steam engines by Owens, Victoria
- 'Life of James Brindley' in J Weale (ed), Weale's Quarterly Papers on Engineering. Part 1 by Hughes, Samuel
- 'Life of James Brindley' in S Smiles, Lives of the Engineers; with an account of their principal works comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain. Volume 1 by Smiles, Samuel
- Note upon a part of a diary by James Brindley by Titley, Arthur