Millwright
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A millwright is a craftsman or skilled tradesman who installs, dismantles, maintains, repairs, reassembles, and moves machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.
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James Brindley
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James Brindley was an English engineer. He was born in Tunstead, Derbyshire, and lived much of his life in Leek, Staffordshire, becoming one of the most notable engineers of the 18th Century.
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…A number of prominent early-modern civil engineers originally trained as millwrights, including: James Brindley John Rennie…
James Brindley with Barton Aqueduct in the background by Francis Parsons (1770)
The Barton Aqueduct over the River Irwell, 1807
Barton Aqueduct, shortly before its demolition, 1891
Brindleyplace, Birmingham