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George Burn

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In his later career, Burn worked on a number of harbour development projects. Telford recommended Burn to the British Fisheries Society in 1806 to work on the improvement of the fishing station at
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in 1759. His career in bridge design started in 1797, when he worked with his elder brother James Burn on a bridge at
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in East Lothian, and between 1800 and 1804 he built a number of bridges over rivers in
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This article about a Scottish engineer, inventor or industrial designer is a
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Estate. He encountered financial difficulties connected with his work on the
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A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland
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Burn continued to live in Wick until his death, around 1820.
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Index


Ballindalloch
Yester
East Lothian
Inverbervie
Bilsdean
Moray
Bridge of Avon
Ballindalloch
Category A listed building
Dingwall
Huntly
Gordon
Spey Bridge
Fochabers
sequestered
Wick, Caithness
Thomas Telford
Pultneytown
Kirkwall
Portmahomack






A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland
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