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George Sorocold (c. 1668 – c. 1738) was an
English civil engineer of the
eighteenth century notable for
pioneering work on
water supplies and hydraulic...
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public library membership required.) Fairclough, K. R. "
Sorocold, George".
Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography (online ed.). Oxford...
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designed and
built by
local engineer George Sorocold.
During the
Jacobite rising of 1745,
Jacobite Army
troops led by Prince...
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obtained employment at an
abortive silk mill
built in
Derby by
George Sorocold for the silk
spinner Thomas Cotchett of Derby,
built on the
River Derwent...
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torcitoio – and some
Italian craftsmen. The
architect was
George Sorocold. At its height, the mill emplo**** some 300 people. Lombe's Mill was built...
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commissioned by John Erskine, 23rd and 6th Earl of Mar, to
designs by
George Sorocold, and is one of the
earliest constructed reservoirs in Scotland. Gartmorn...
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within Forestmill is a
horseshoe weir. This was
built in 1711 by
George Sorocold to
direct water from the
river through a
sluice into the mill lade that...
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subsequently enhanced towards the end of the 17th century by
George Sorocold, a
Derby millwright. The
current machine plays a tune
three times a day...
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Goodey Sir
George Harpur Crewe Llewellynn Jewitt John
Lombe William Mundy Joseph Pickford 5th Earl
Ferrers George Sorocold Joseph Strutt Charles Sylvester...
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commissioning the
building of the
Gartmorn Dam,
which was
designed by
George Sorocold.: 101–107
Erskine owned many of the coal mines, and
Robert Bald, a local...
