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The Bell Rock lighthouse was first lit #onthisday 1811. John Rennie was engineer but it was Robert Stevenson who designed the lighthouse and spent 4 years on site during construction. The design was based on Smeaton's Eddystone lighthouse.

Day 1 of #TransportAZ A is for atmospheric railway. These watercolours by William Dawson show construction of I K Brunel's South Devon atmospheric railway, opened 1846-7 using the system devised by Joseph Samuda. 1/2

The first underground railway in the world, the Metropolitan railway opened in London #onthisday 1863 between Paddington and the City.

@PaulWhitewick Plenty!! Long Tunnel at Fox's Wood, The western portal of the Box Tunnel, with a train! Pennsylvania Railroad, #NewYork, tunnel under the River Hudson, with car!! https://t.co/NCwOquHtNh

Kennet and Avon canal completed by opening Caen Hill Locks, Devizes #onthisday 1810. Engineer John Rennie, these images come from Rennie's notebook owned by Smeatonian Society https://t.co/5sPAEvlC1F

S is for Széchenyi chain bridge, Budapest by William Tierney Clark. Archive material online at https://t.co/MwIsgHUDIi. Find out more at https://t.co/CtMRPBTLCn #BridgeAZ

S is for Southwark Bridge. These images show John Rennie's bridge, opened 1819. the cast iron bridge had three flat arches supporting a 42 ft wide roadway. Its centre arch was the longest of its kind at that time. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1921 #BridgeAZ

N is for Newark Dyke bridge #BridgeAZ. There have been three bridges or sets of bridges. The first c. 1853 https://t.co/uUXer9IsaM , the second c.1888-90 and the current opened 2000. Newark bridges walk https://t.co/lPD95v40rJ

Our building in Great George Street opened #onthisday 1913 although the corner was not added until the 1930s. Designed by James Miller, a steel frame is hidden beneath the masonry.

Conwy tunnel opened #onthisday 1991. It was the first
immersed tube road tunnel in UK. Find out more about this and the other Conwy crossings at https://t.co/rKoKQcpktn Painting by P A Ballard