Metcalf, John
Other Business Names:
- 'Blind Jack'
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - civil
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Construction
Roads construction & civil engineering
Notes:
John Metcalf, 1717-1810. Road builder and surveyor using new techniques of construction. Worked c1752 to 1792, especially in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Also bridges
Publications:
- Blind Jack of Knaresborough. Road builder extraordinary by Hogg, Garry L
- John Metcalf, blind roadmaker by Porritt, Arthur
- 'John Metcalf, road maker' 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
- Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough by Metcalf, John
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- 'Blind Jack'
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - civil
- Construction Roads construction & civil engineering
Notes:
John Metcalf, 1717-1810. Road builder and surveyor using new techniques of construction. Worked c1752 to 1792, especially in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Also bridgesPublications:
- Blind Jack of Knaresborough. Road builder extraordinary by Hogg, Garry L
- John Metcalf, blind roadmaker by Porritt, Arthur
- 'John Metcalf, road maker' 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
- Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough by Metcalf, John