Clifton Bridge Design Reconsidered
A revised bridge competition considered competing proposals for crossing the Avon Gorge.
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Clifton Suspension Bridge Competition
Acts as judge during the Clifton Suspension Bridge design competition.
Demands for Electoral Reform Renewed
The political turbulence surrounding the 1830 election renewed Cobbett's attacks on unreformed constituencies and elite influence.
First Lord of the Admiralty
Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Grey's government.
Gilbert Reviews Clifton Competition Finalists
Davies Gilbert serves among the judges who consider the finalists in the renewed Clifton bridge competition and assess the engineering feasibility of the rival schemes.
Hawkes Design Initially Preferred By Judges
The judges initially prefer a design by William Hawkes of the Eagle Foundry in the second Clifton competition before Brunel revises his competing proposal.
Liverpool Manchester Railway Opens
The first major inter city passenger railway began operating between two important industrial centres. The project established a technique that other researchers could build upon.
Northumbrian Locomotive
Builds the Northumbrian, used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.
Older Engine Replaced During Power Changes
Changes to the steam driven layout modernised the supply of power within the mills. The achievement helped standardise production for a large naval fleet.
Parliamentary Reform
Supports parliamentary reform giving representation to rapidly growing industrial towns.
Paul Clifford
Publishes the novel Paul Clifford.
Paymaster General
Appointed Paymaster General in Lord Grey's government.
Planet Locomotive
Builds the Planet, an influential early locomotive for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Poems, Chiefly Lyrical
Publishes the collection Poems, Chiefly Lyrical.
President of Board of Trade
Appointed President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint in Lord Grey's government.
President of Board of Trade
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Principles of Geology
Publication of "Principles of Geology"
Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel
Is promoted to lieutenant colonel during his early cavalry career.
Promotion to Major
Is promoted to major during his early cavalry career.
Railway Civil Works Connect Urban Termini
Joseph Locke contributed engineering expertise to the construction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It connected industrial practice with more systematic technical investigation.
Railway Engineering Development
Continues refining locomotive operation and railway practice during the first year of inter-city service.
Reflections on the Decline of Science
Publishes Reflections on the Decline of Science in England.
Reform Era Review Under Napier
Napier steered the Review as revolution abroad and demands for parliamentary reform transformed European political discussion.
Reform of Electoral System
Grey supports reform plans giving representation to fast-growing industrial towns including Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford and Leeds.
Rendel Submits Competing Bridge Scheme
James Meadows Rendel participates in the renewed competition for the Clifton crossing, joining other established engineers in proposing a bridge across the gorge.
Rocket Type Locomotives Enter Railway Service
Robert Stephenson's locomotive engineering influenced the equipment operating on the new Manchester railway. The development made new measurements available to physical science.
Royal Academy
Appointed President of the Royal Academy
Rural Rides
Publication of "Rural Rides". Publication of a collection of essays
Rural Rides First Collection Published
Cobbett's Rural Rides first appeared in a collected volume, preserving countryside reports that had previously appeared in the Political Register.
Salthouse Quays Adapt To Larger Cargoes
Continued commercial operation required handling practices to adapt to the more varied freight of the industrial era. Its significance lay in the relationship between docks and adjoining quays.
Seaward Evaluates Clifton Bridge Designs
Civil engineer John Seaward judges competing proposals for the Clifton Suspension Bridge and participates in the assessment that initially places Brunel behind another entrant.
Second Clifton Suspension Bridge Competition
Submits revised designs in the second competition for a bridge across the Avon Gorge.
Swing Riots and Rural Protest
The Swing disturbances underscored agricultural distress and demands for change among the rural population championed by Cobbett.
Telford Competition Judgement Challenged
Brunel continues promoting his Avon Gorge design after Thomas Telford rejects the first competition entries and proposes his own bridge.
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
Publishes the historical novel The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck.
The King's Own
Publishes the naval novel The King's Own.
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