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Thomas Harrison (architect)

Thomas Harrison (1744-1829) was an English provincial architect and civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is particularly remembered for his work in various locations of north-west England and north Wales, most notably in Lancaster and Chester.

He received his early training in Rome 1769-1776. Harrison designed Skerton Bridge, over the River Lune in Lancaster. This was the first to have a flat deck for all of its length - a feature which is said to have influenced John Rennie for his Waterloo and London Bridge designs. In 1794, he added the west tower to St John the Evangelist, a church in Lancaster.

In 1791, Harrison was commissioned to rebuild Chester Castle as a prison, a project that was to take 37 years, plagued by financial problems, the need for two separate Acts of Parliament, and poor workmanship (much of the work was undertaken by a badly-housed and often undernourished population of convicts). Harrison moved to Chester in 1794, living first in Northgate Street and then building himself St Martin's Lodge, a Regency house, close to the castle.

Harrison also served as architect to Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin - of Elgin Marbles fame - and is thought to have encouraged Elgin to bring back from Constantinople drawings and plaster casts of surviving objects of the classical period to assist him with the design of Elgin's large Scottish country house, Broomhall, near Dunfermline.

He was appointed County Surveyor for Cheshire in 1815 at the age of 71. His last major commission – at the age of 82 - was the design of the Grosvenor Bridge over the River Dee at Chester. But he did not live to see its completion - he resigned aged 85 and died four years later in 1829. The project was finished by his pupil and assistant, William Cole, and opened in 1832.

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Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
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An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a building's construction. The word "architect" (Latin: architectus) derives from the Greek arkhitekton (arkhi (chief) + tekton (builder))")[1]
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A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering, one of the many engineering professions. Originally a civil engineer worked on public works projects and was contrasted with the military engineer, who worked on armaments and defenses.
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The 18th Century lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.

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The 19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
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Cymru am byth   (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
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"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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Lancaster

Lancaster, Lancashire ()

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Comune di Roma

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Nickname: "The Eternal City"
Motto: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (SPQR)   (Latin)
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Lune

The Lune , with the local road, M6 motorway, and West Coast Main Line railway sharing the valley with the river


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John Rennie (7 June 1761 at Phantassie, near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland - 4 October 1821), a farmer's younger son, was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, and docks.
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Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. The name of the bridge is in memory of the British victory at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
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London Bridge is a bridge in London, England over the River Thames, between the City of London and Southwark. It is between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge; it also forms the western end of the Pool of London.
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Chester Castle () was built in 1069 by Hugh of Avranches in Chester, Cheshire. It was besieged during the English Civil War. It is also one of the few (perhaps the only) castles in England still occupied by the army, grid reference
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prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms.
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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (July 20, 1766, Broomhall, Fife - November 14, 1841, Paris) was a British nobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens -- popularly known as the Elgin Marbles.
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Elgin Marbles (IPA: /'ɛl gən/), also called the Parthenon Marbles, are a collection of marble sculptures that originally decorated the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens.
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Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoúpolis, or Πόλις, Polis
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Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
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Dunfermline
Gaelic - Dùn Phàrlain
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Grosvenor Bridge is a single-span arch road bridge constructed from stone. It crosses the River Dee at Chester in England. The bridge is located on the A483 Grosvenor Road. Views upriver from the bridge include Chester castle and Handbridge.
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River Dee (Wales) (Afon Dyfrdwy)

The River Dee at Llangollen


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