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Whitworth was born in Sowerby, West Riding of Yorkshire to Henry and Mary Whitworth. He was baptised on 15 November 1734, and was their sixth child of seven. His father worked as a combsmith, and the family lived in a house called Waterside or Wheatleyroyd, where he probably lived until he married Sarah Irwin on 26 December 1765.
The canal was cut during the years 1796 to 1810. Robert Whitworth Snr. remained as an engineer on the canal from 1796 until he died in 1799, making regular progress reports to the company. William Whitworth was resident engineer during this period and subsequently became engineer until the canal's completion. [9]
Robert Whitworth may refer to: Robert Whitworth (canal engineer) (1734–1799), English land surveyor and canal engineer; Robert Whitworth (rugby union) (1914–2002), Scottish rugby union player; R. P. Whitworth (Robert Percy Whitworth, 1831–1901), journalist, writer, and editor active in Australia and New Zealand; Rob Whitworth (born 1982 ...
A 33-foot 10-oar self-righting boat, Robert Whitworth, costing £255 and built in 1864 by Forrestt of Limehouse, London, had served at Tynemouth for one year, and had then been transferred to Bridlington. However, she was found too heavy for Bridlington due to the soft sand, and it was this boat that was then placed at Whitehaven.
The route passed through 19 broad locks along its 15.5-mile (24.9 km) route, rising 126 feet (38 m) between Melton and Oakham. No aqueducts or tunnels were required, and there was just one large embankment near Edmondthorpe. The main cargos carried were coal, which moved up the canal, and agricultural produce, which was carried away to market.
The station opened as Oxford Road on 20 July 1849 and was the headquarters of the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) until 1904. [12] The station was built on the site of 'Little Ireland', a slum "of a worse character than St Giles", [13] in which about four thousand people had lived in "measureless filth and stench" [14] (according to Friedrich Engels in The Condition ...
Union 15, a pizzeria and the first tenant of Colonial Gardens in south Louisville, recently shut down. But the space won't stay empty for long. Union 15 closes at Colonial Gardens, as new ...
Oakland Gardens is a middle class neighborhood in the southern part of Bayside, bounded to the north by the Long Island Expressway, to the east by Alley Pond Park, to the south by Union Turnpike, and to the west by Cunningham Park. [26] Bayside proper is to the north, and Queens Village and Bellerose are to the south and southeast, respectively ...