Sir John HawkshawDied 2 Jun 1891 (born 1811).British civil engineer noted for his work on the Charing Cross and Cannon Street railways, with their bridges over the River Thames, and the East London Railway, which utilized Sir Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel. He was a mining engineer in Venezuela (1831-34) and later, the chief engineer of the Manchester and Leeds Railway (1845-50). With Sir John Wolfe-Barry, he built the inner District line of London underground railroad. He also designed the bridge over Narmada River, India, was engineer of Amsterdam ship canal (1862) and wrote a report on the route chosen for the Suez Canal (1863). He was an engineer on the original Channel Tunnel project (1872-86), and he also constructed the Severn Tunnel (1887) for Great Western Railway. |
