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    William Jessop (23 January 1745 – 18 November 1814) was an English civil engineer, best known for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the...
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  • William Edson Jessop (born William Edson Timpson) is a leader in the Mormon fundamentalist movement. In a January 2007 telephone conversation between Jessop...
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    Constance Jessop was the oldest daughter of Irish immigrants William and Katherine Jessop. She was the first of nine children, six of whom survived. Jessop spent...
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  • Jessop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bob Jessop (born 1946), British Marxist theoretician Carolyn Jessop (born 1968), American...
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  • William Jessop may refer to: William Jessop (died 1734), English lawyer and Member of Parliament William Jessop (1745–1814), English civil engineer notable...
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  • Merril Jessop (December 27, 1935 – February 28, 2022) was a high-ranking bishop in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly...
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  • and George, sons of William Jessop acquired Breen & Company on behalf of Butterley Company, which was established by William Jessop in Derbyshire. These...
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    King Street. In 1907 Zebedee Jessop died and left his son William James Jessop in full control of the business. William was frequently in the headlines...
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  • and Co., Limited and William Jessop and Company, both of these being long established in the trade and in the city. Thomas Jessop was born on 30 January...
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  • William Jessop (c. 1665–1734) of Broom Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, was an English lawyer, and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House...
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    tramway with L-shaped cast iron rails. These rails became obsolete when William Jessop began to manufacture cast iron rails without guiding ledges – the wheels...
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    his canals, manufacturing them at his Butterley ironworks. In 1803, William Jessop opened the Surrey Iron Railway, a double track plateway, sometimes erroneously...
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    his canals, manufacturing them at his Butterley ironworks. In 1803, William Jessop opened the Surrey Iron Railway, a double track plateway, erroneously...
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    Thomas Jessop (born 19 January 1985) is a British actor. He is the first actor with Down syndrome to star in a primetime BBC drama, the first professional...
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    and lead as a sealant on the iron connections. Eminent canal engineer William Jessop oversaw the project, but he left the detailed execution of the project...
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  • William Roy Jessop is a former leader and spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church). Jessop should not...
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    drainage of the valley in 1767, but it was only partly implemented. William Jessop surveyed the river in 1788, and produced proposals to canalise the upper...
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  • Wandsworth and Croydon in what is now south London; the engineer was William Jessop. Although it survived only until 1845 and was for freight traffic only...
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  • the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864. Thomas Jessop was born on Blast Lane, Sheffield, the son of William Jessop (1772–1835) and Rebecca Taylor (1770–1859)...
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  • William Jessop (2 April 1922 – May 1994) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He made appearances in the English Football League...
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    build the waterway. He worked with William Jessop on the survey, and the two men oversaw the construction until Jessop died in 1814. The canal was expected...
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    Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Built by William Jessop with the assistance of Benjamin Outram, its alignment included four...
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    Census. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park. John Wright and William Jessop had purchased the land adjacent to the Cromford Canal from Lancelot...
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    limitations of Bristol's docks were causing problems to business, so in 1802 William Jessop proposed installing a dam and lock at Hotwells to create the harbour...
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  • JoinCalifornia website, citing other sources Johnson, Robert. "Bennett, William Christopher (1824–1889)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National...
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    wheel. This was also used by Benjamin Outram of Butterley Ironworks and William Jessop (who became a partner in them in 1790). These were used to transport...
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    Outram's death in 1805 his business partner William Jessop took residence. His grandson, also William Jessop of Butterley Hall, was High Sheriff of Derbyshire...
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    carried out, but the straightending and sluice were discarded. In 1788, William Jessop surveyed the whole river, with the main object of improving navigation...
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    cycles all at Sparkbrook, Smallheath and Redditch Daimler at Coventry William Jessop and Savilles the two steel-making companies in Sheffield Daimler Hire...
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    for the West India Dock Company to a design by leading civil engineer William Jessop (with consultant John Rennie, appointed resident engineer Ralph Walker...
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