John Miller
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introduction •
early years •
coming of the railways •
Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway •
Railway Mania •
wider career •
politics •
church, family and property •
appreciation •
selected works •
sources
Selected works
| 1823 | Employed as engineer by Thomas Grainger, Edinburgh |
| 1824-26 | Working with Grainger on Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway |
| 1825 | Goes into partnership with Thomas Grainger |
| 1826-28 | Ballochney Railway, with Grainger |
| 1826-31 | Garnkirk & Glasgow Railway, with Grainger |
| 1828 | Hopetoun House land survey and estate plan, with Grainger |
| 1829-33 | Wishaw & Coltness Railway, with Grainger |
| 1830 | Polloc & Govan Railway, with Grainger |
| 1831 | Jedburgh to Whitelee toll road for Roxburghshire Turnpike Trust, with Grainger |
| 1835-37 | Paisley & Renfrew Railway, with Grainger |
| 1835-38 | Engineer to the Dundee & Arbroath Railway |
| 1837 | Proposal for a railway from Montrose to Brechin, with Grainger |
| 1837 | Linlithgow Palace and parkland reports |
| 1837 | Blackness Castle and lands reports |
| 1837-43 | Engineer to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway, designs locomotives for it (12 built) |
| 1838 | Plans for improvements to Arbroath Harbour, with Grainger |
| 1838-42 | Engineer to Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway, has a locomotive named after him (Miller, 1848) |
| 1842 | Haymarket Station, Edinburgh |
| 1839-41 | Almond Valley Viaduct ... Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway |
| 1839-42 | Winchburgh Tunnel ... Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway |
| 1840-42 | Cowlairs Incline and Queen Street Station (Glasgow) ... Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway |
| 1844-46 | North British Railway and branch to Haddington |
| 1845-47 | North British Railway, Edinburgh to Hawick |
| 1845-47 | Working on Dundee & Perth Railway but resigned before construction |
| 1845-50 | Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway, Polmont to Larbert |
| 1845 | Puts plans to Parliament for more than 2,400km of railway (November) |
| 1845 | Partnership with Grainger dissolved |
| 1846 | Dunglass Viaduct, East Linton Bridge and Waverley Station (Edinburgh), North British Railway |
| 1846-47 | Directs upgrading of Kilmarnock & Troon Railway, which becomes part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway |
| 1846-48 | Ballochmyle Viaduct ... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway — Cumnock extension (Glasgow & South Western Railway from 1850) |
| 1846-49 | Engineer to Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway, thereafter consultant (to 1850) |
| 1846-49 | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway extension to Cumnock |
| 1846-50 | North British Railway branch to Kelso |
| 1847 | Adds footways to Glenesk Bridge ... North British Railway |
| 1847 | Timber viaduct at Laigh Milton, near Kilmarnock |
| 1847-48 | Carron Viaduct ... Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway |
| 1848 | Kilmarnock Viaduct ... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway — Cumnock extension |
| 1848 | Dumfries Station ... Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway |
| 1848-50 | Drumlanrig Tunnel ... Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway |
| 1849-50 | Roxburgh (Teviot) Viaduct ... North British Railway |
| 1850 | Lugar Water Viaduct ... Glasgow & South Western Railway |
| 1850 | Retires, aged 45 |
| 1852 | Unsuccessfully stands for Parliament (seat: Stirling Burghs) |
| 1865 | Unsuccessfully stands for Parliament (seat: Edinburgh) |
| 1868-74 | Elected to Parliament (Liberal, Edinburgh with Duncan McLaren) |
introduction •
early years •
coming of the railways •
Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway •
Railway Mania •
wider career •
politics •
church, family and property •
appreciation •
selected works •
sources
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