13-533: Rendel is a surname, and may refer to Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel (1828–1918), English civil engineer Alexander Meadows Rendel ( Sandy Rendel ) (1910–1991) SOE agent David Rendel (1949–2016), British politician Emma Rendel (born 1976), Swedish graphic novel author George Wightwick Rendel (1833–1902), British engineer and naval architect George William Rendel (1889–1979), British diplomat Hamilton Owen Rendel (1843–1902), British engineer, designer of
26-514: A 2017 Finnish superhero film Rendell [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Rendel . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rendel&oldid=1125709703 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
39-532: A cost exceeding £5½ million. Traditionally ships had docked at wharves on the River Thames , but by the late 1700s more capacity was needed. They were the closest docks to the City of London until St Katharine Docks were built two decades later. The London Dock Company was formed in 1800, and work on the docks began in 1801. In 1864 they were amalgamated with St Katharine Docks . The London Docks occupied
52-736: A total area of about 30 acres (120,000 m ), consisting of Western and Eastern docks linked by the short Tobacco Dock . The Western Dock was connected to the Thames by Hermitage Basin to the south west and Wapping Basin to the south. The Eastern Dock connected to the Thames via the Shadwell Basin to the east. The principal designers were the architects and engineers Daniel Asher Alexander and John Rennie . The docks specialised in high-value luxury commodities such as ivory, spices, coffee and cocoa as well as wine and wool, for which elegant warehouses and wine cellars were constructed. The system
65-581: Is buried with his family in Brookwood Cemetery . This article about an engineer, inventor or industrial designer from England is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . London Dock Company The London Docks were one of several sets of docks in the historic Port of London . They were constructed in Wapping , downstream from the City of London between 1799 and 1815, at
78-489: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alexander Meadows Rendel Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel , KCIE (3 April 1828 – 23 January 1918) was an English civil engineer . Rendel was born in Plymouth , the eldest son of the engineer James Meadows Rendel and his wife Catherine Harris. Three of his brothers were civil engineers: George Wightwick Rendel , Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel (who
91-759: The Lansdowne Bridge Rohri at Sukkur over the Indus River , which when it was completed in 1889 was the largest cantilever bridge in the world. The climax of his bridge-building career was considered to be the Howrah or Jubilee Bridge allowing trains to cross the Hooghly River near Calcutta; this was opened by the Viceroy on 21 February 1887. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of
104-795: The Indian Empire (KCIE) in 1897. He was the designer of Hardinge Bridge in Bangladesh. Rendel married Eliza Hobson (1830–1916), daughter of Captain William Hobson RN, the late first Governor of New Zealand . The ceremony was held on 27 January 1853 at the Parish Church of Stoke Damerel , Devonport by the Rev James Elliot, uncle of the bride. They had five sons and three daughters, including: Rendel died at 51 Gordon Square , London, on 23 January 1918. He
117-718: The hydraulic system for the Tower Bridge. James Meadows Rendel (engineer) (1799–1856), British civil engineer James Meadows Rendel (geneticist) (1915–2001), Australian agricultural scientist Leila Rendel (1882–1969), English social worker, granddaughter of Sir Alexander Rendel Robert Rendel (1885–1944), British film actor, younger brother of Leila Rendel Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel (1834–1913), British industrialist, philanthropist and politician Martin Rendel (born 1968), German academic and cultural manager See also [ edit ] Rendel (film) ,
130-538: Was acquired in 1981 by the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC). It was subsequently redeveloped with over 1,000 individual properties centred on the old Tobacco Dock and Shadwell Basin . The controversial " Fortress Wapping " printing works of Rupert Murdoch 's News International corporation was constructed on the northern half of the infilled Western Dock. Hermitage Basin and Shadwell Basin survive. Wapping Basin
143-556: Was also a Liberal MP), and Hamilton Owen Rendel (who designed and supervised the installation of the steam driven compound condensing pump engines, hydraulic accumulators and hydraulic machinery that first operated the bascules of the iconic Tower Bridge in London). He was educated at The King's School Canterbury and Trinity College , Cambridge . Rendel was the engineer of the London Dock Company in 1856, and
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#1732794332373156-479: Was never connected to the railway network. The Port of London Authority took over the London Docks together with the rest of the enclosed docks in 1909. The docks were closed to shipping in 1969 and sold to the borough of Tower Hamlets . The western portion of the London Docks was filled in with the (unrealised) intention of turning them into public housing estates. The land was still largely derelict when it
169-838: Was responsible for the Shadwell Basin , the Connaught Tunnel and the Royal Albert Dock in London, the Albert and Edinburgh Docks in Leith , Workington Dock and Harbour . In 1857-1858 he visited India , and was consulting engineer to the India Office , the East India Railway and other Indian railways, and was a member of the commission to determine narrow gauge for Indian Railways, in 1870. He designed
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