Talk:James Morgan (engineer)
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( some links on the subject of James Morgan in an email ) edit
There is an amount of further information about James Morgan on the internet, but I do not have time to add to the page this evening - perhaps my lazy email to others however will assist somebody else to develop this page -
... whilst inevitably I studied Nash a little bit in the Welsh School of Arcitecture / Ysgol Pensaeriaeth Cymru I was unaware of James Morgan, which seems a tremendous shame ... native 18c engineering entrepreneurs are in short supply in Wales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Morgan_(engineer) -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24971123
http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/history/morgan.htm --- ended up living in Hammersmith, buried in Brompton.
Someone to make a song and dance over apparently - http://regentscanalafolkopera.org.uk/about-2/
http://friendsofregentscanal.org/features/musicals/press-release-2012-07-13.html
Engineering wise something I had heard of was this interesting idea - http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/history/cgrv.html
A few other links to juggle with
http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1306
http://www.ukcanals.net/waterways-of-the-uk/194-regents-canal
Not that his achievement is popular with some - http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2013/07/19/regents-canal-london/