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James Jardine (engineer)

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to continue operating, after some of the water from the Glencorse Burn was extracted to boost water supplies for Edinburgh. He was also involved at the start of construction of two more reservoirs for the Edinburgh Water Company, at Threipmuir and Harlaw, but they were completed by
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in 1847 and 1848, as he retired in 1846. Following his work on the Glencorse Reservoir, he was commissioned to undertake similar improvements in Perth, Dumfries and Glasgow. He re-engineered
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He retired at age 70 in 1846. He died at home, 18 Queen Street, a ground floor and basement, main-door flat at one of the most prestigious addresses in
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plus the Glenesk Viaduct. He then embarked on other, more northerly railway projects: Ardrossan (1827), Threave (1825), Inveralmond (1827).
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From 1826 he worked on the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway line, creating its St. Leonards branch, now commonly called the
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A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500–1830
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acting as chief designer, he oversaw the construction of a new reservoir at
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In 1819 he was appointed as the first engineer for the newly formed
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In 1813 he received the commission to drain the final waters of the
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Scottish civil engineer, mathematician and geologist (1776–1858)
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From 1811 he began a series of harbour designs, beginning with
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He was unsuccessful in his designs for Dean Bridge in
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Scottish National Portrait Gallery, notes on display
235:. This includes a tunnel under the southern edge of 131:, he was the first person in the world to calculate 184:, and the final waters of the Burgh Loch to create 320:Waterston, C D; Shearer, A Macmillan (July 2006). 48:. He built tunnels and bridges, including for the 274:He is known to have trained the railway engineer 478: 385: 438:"James Jardine from The Gazetteer for Scotland" 518:&C, J. C. LOUDON, F. L. S. H. S. (1841). 290:and they attended Society meetings together. 8: 534:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 282:. He was a long time friend of the botanist 83:Jardine's home at 18 Queen Street, Edinburgh 124:and they collaborated on several projects 595:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 91:James Jardine's grave, Warriston Cemetery 590:Academics of the University of Edinburgh 366: 157:In 1812 he was elected a Fellow of the 527: 466: 424: 585:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 548:Gazetteer for Scotland: James Jardine 7: 116:. He studied mathematics under Prof 242:He worked on several projects with 497:. Thomas Telford. pp. 15–16. 329:. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 14: 580:People from Dumfries and Galloway 52:, and built reservoirs including 404:. Thomas Telford. p. 359. 303:Early Victorian Water Engineers 248:Menai Straits suspension bridge 1: 286:who was also a Fellow of the 127:Following survey work at the 575:19th-century Scottish people 479:Waterston & Shearer 2006 386:Waterston & Shearer 2006 641: 288:Royal Society of Edinburgh 257:and the City Observatory. 159:Royal Society of Edinburgh 278:. and the civil engineer 620:British bridge engineers 605:Scottish civil engineers 491:Skempton, A. W. (2002). 398:Skempton, A. W. (2002). 610:Scottish mathematicians 197:Edinburgh Water Company 137:University of Edinburgh 114:University of Edinburgh 66:Edinburgh Water Company 521:the gardeners magazine 427:, pp. 96–97, 281. 182:Princes Street Gardens 92: 84: 30: 600:Scottish antiquarians 228:as its water supply. 161:. His proposers were 120:. He was a friend of 90: 82: 24: 301:Binnie, G M (1981). 226:Cobbinshaw Reservoir 100:Jardine was born in 625:Hydraulic engineers 615:Scottish geologists 346:on 24 January 2013 305:. Thomas Telford. 269:Warriston Cemetery 150:Docks (1835), and 93: 85: 31: 504:978-0-7277-2939-2 411:978-0-7277-2939-2 312:978-0-7277-0128-2 25:James Jardine by 632: 540: 539: 533: 525: 515: 509: 508: 488: 482: 476: 470: 464: 458: 455: 449: 448: 446: 444: 434: 428: 422: 416: 415: 395: 389: 383: 374: 371: 355: 353: 351: 345: 339:. 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Index


Patric Park
FRSE
FSAScot
mean sea level
Innocent Railway
Glencorse
Threipmuir
Harlaw
Edinburgh Water Company
Cobbinshaw
Union Canal


Applegarth
Dumfriesshire
Dumfries Academy
University of Edinburgh
John Playfair
Thomas Telford
Firth of Tay
mean sea level
University of Edinburgh
Saltcoats
Leith
Eyemouth
Royal Society of Edinburgh
John Playfair
John Leslie
Thomas Allan

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