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==List of projects== {{disputed section|date=June 2012}} *[[Lune Aqueduct]] (1794β97){{sfn |Skempton |2002 |p=556}} *[[Dundas Aqueduct]] (1797) *[[Kelso Bridge]], of five arches (1800β1804){{sfn |Skempton |2002 |p=556}} *[[Boston, England|Boston]] bridge, a cast iron arch (1800) *[[London Docks]] (1800β05){{sfn |Skempton |2002 |p=556}} *[[East India Docks]] joint project with [[Ralph Walker (engineer)|Ralph Walker]] (1803β06){{sfn |Skempton |2002 |p=556}} *[[Humber Dock, Hull]], 1803β9, cost Β£230,000{{sfn |Skempton |2002 |p=556}} *[[Greenock]] Docks (1806) *[[Musselburgh]] bridge (1806β1808){{sfn |Skempton |2002 |p=556}} *[[West India Docks]] (consultant to [[William Jessop]]) extension to docks (1809β1821){{sfn |Skempton |2002 |p=556}} *[[Liverpool]] Docks, two new docks including Prince's, estimated cost Β£929,878 (1809){{sfn |Boucher |1963 |p=131}} *[[Waterloo Bridge]] (old), granite of nine arches each 120 feet wide (1810β17) cost Β£1,050,000{{sfn |Boucher |1963 |p=132}} *[[New Galloway]] Ken Bridge, of granite (1811β21) spans the River Ken.{{sfn |Skempton |2002 |p=557}} *Cree Bridge at [[Newton Stewart]] (1812β14) *[[Old Wye Bridge, Chepstow]] cast iron bridge (design 1812),{{sfn |Boucher |1963 |p=133}} redesigned and built in 1816 by [[John Urpeth Rastrick]]<ref name=burrows>{{cite web |last=Burrows |first=John |title=Chepstow Bridge |url=http://www.chepstow.co.uk/Chepstow-Town-Council/UserFiles/Files/bridge%20leafet%20and%20notes%20merged.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070510/http://www.chepstow.co.uk/Chepstow-Town-Council/UserFiles/Files/bridge%20leafet%20and%20notes%20merged.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2019 |url-status=live |year=2015|publisher=Chepstow Town Council}}</ref> *[[Plymouth Breakwater]] (1812β1841) completed by his son *[[Southwark Bridge]] (old) of three cast iron arches (1814) replaced 1920 * Dunleary Asylum Harbour β later Kingstown Harbour- Later DΓΊn Laoghaire Harbour. 1816β1842. Completed by his son. Cost Β£690,717 against the original estimate of Β£801,059. *[[Donaghadee]] & [[Portpatrick]] Harbours (1819) estimated cost Β£145,000{{sfn |Boucher |1963 |p=135}} *[[Leeds Bridge]] cast iron designed (1820), built after his death by the resident engineer G. Leather{{sfn |Boucher |1963 |p=136}} *[[Dublin]] Docks, 'Stack A' bonded warehouse; introduces lightning conductors, gas works and gas lighting (1820){{sfn |Boucher |1963 |p=136}} *[[London Bridge]] (old), designed 1820, built after his death by his son (1824β31) moved to [[London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)|Lake Havasu City]] in the USA *[[Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope]] Main Building, completed posthumously in 1828 *[[Blackwall, London|Blackwall]] Dock *[[Ruislip Lido|Ruislip Reservoir]], Grand Union Canal *[[Deeping Fen]] Drainage and pumping engines at [[Pode Hole]] (incomplete at his death)<ref name=Hills/> *[[Caen Hill Locks]], a flight of [[Canal lock|locks]] on the [[Kennet and Avon Canal]], between [[Rowde]] and [[Devizes]] in [[Wiltshire]], England, comprising 29 locks.
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