Talk:John Rennie the Elder

List of projects
Just a thought, but the list of projects appears to be rather random. Is there some order to it? (chronological would make sense.) Would it be better presented as a table, including columns for construction date and involvement of Rennie, etc? At the very least, showing the date of the project (completion?) in brackets after the link would elevate this beyond a simple list of links.

(I'll make a note on my ToDo list that I have suggested this, but please no-one wait for me to do it!My ToDo list is currently hovering around the 40kB mark!)

EdJogg (talk) 12:48, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Free article access
John Rennie & the drainage of the Witham Fens, Lincolnshire, UK. Free to read for limited period. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:47, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just that one or any more? A result of your ICE gig? --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:50, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I wish I could take credit, but no; one of a few announced by @ICEpublishing on Twitter. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:55, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Works - accuracy
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Rennie_the_Elder&diff=499300950&oldid=499300215

For example


 * Hull Middle Dock, cost £114,690 (1819) ref:page 135, John Rennie The life and Work of A Great Engineer 1761-1821, Cyril T.G. Boucher, 1963, Manchester University Press

No such dock as this - if it refers to junction dock it does not match other sources.

Is the book innacurate - eg compare with http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jeOMfpYMOtYC&pg=PA554

eg Greenock docks http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lr8DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA65 plan too expensive

If the others are right, why are some wrong?Oranjblud (talk) 16:07, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Chepstow cast iron bridge was not built later by a local man. It was built by John Urpeth Rastrick, who was living in Bridgnorth at the time it opened in 1816. Kylenano (talk) 20:15, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Edited to reflect this Paul W (talk) 11:27, 6 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Re: "If the others are right, why are some wrong?" This is because reliable sources often disagree, particularly when dealing with events which are now over 200 years ago. Our job as editors is often to try to make sense of contradictory sources. Bob1960evens (talk) 09:58, 18 December 2019 (UTC)