biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1839–1913)
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| biography:
| Engineer, born in Houston, Renfrewshire, W Scotland, UK. He studied at night school, and started his own engineering business at the age of 29. His firm constructed the second Tay Railway Bridge (1882–7), the Forth Railway Bridge (1883–90), and Tower Bridge in London (1886–94). He was also an MP (1892–1906). |
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