George Sorocold
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introduction •
background •
church bells •
Derby Waterworks •
Old London Bridge + the New River •
river navigation + docks •
silk mills •
mines + estates •
why don't we know more? •
selected works •
sources
Selected works
| 1687 | Bell re-hanging, All Saint's Church, Derby (now Derby Cathedral) |
| 1692 | Derby Waterworks |
| 1693 | Water storage cistern, Macclesfield |
| 1694 | Leeds Waterworks and Great Yarmouth Waterworks |
| 1694 | Survey work, Yorkshire Derwent Navigation |
| c.1694-7 | Portsmouth Waterworks | 1694-1700 | Norwich Waterworks |
| 1695 | Exeter Waterworks |
| 1696 | Marchant's Waterworks, Northumberland Street, Westminster, London ... with John Hadley |
| 1696 | Wirksworth Waterworks and Bristol Waterworks |
| 1696-1703 | Engine house and fountains, Sprotbrough Hall (now demolished), near Doncaster |
| 1698 | Kings Lynn Waterworks, Norfolk |
| 1699 | Further survey work, Yorkshire Derwent Navigation |
| c.1700 | Street lighting, Norwich ... with Richard Barry |
| 1702 | Bell works, St Mary's Church, Wirksworth, Derbyshire |
| 1702 | Further survey work and lock design and positioning, Yorkshire Derwent Navigation |
| 1702-3 | Planning work for Derbyshire Derwent Navigation |
| 1702-4 | Waterworks, Old London Bridge, London |
| 1703 | Patent, granted 1st January, for an invention that cut timber and stone and twisted rope and cables, presumably water-powered |
| 1703 | Fountain works, Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire |
| 1704 | Water power supply for Cotchett's Mill, Derby |
| 1705-6 | Bridgnorth Waterworks, Shropshire |
| c.1707-8 | Windmill, Waterworks and reservoir, New River, Islington, London |
| c.1708-10 | Survey work and early design for Liverpool Old Dock, eventually constructed (1709-15) by Thomas Steers ... with Henry Huss |
| 1710 | Gartmorn Dam feeder works and mine drainage advice, Alloa, Scotland |
| 1714 | Survey work, in Scotland for a progenitor of the Forth & Clyde Canal ... with John Adair |
| c.1717 | Further planning work for Derbyshire Derwent Navigation ... construction began in 1720 but with no mention of Sorocold |
introduction •
background •
church bells •
Derby Waterworks •
Old London Bridge + the New River •
river navigation + docks •
silk mills •
mines + estates •
why don't we know more? •
selected works •
sources
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