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Londonderry, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
on a small bridge in the country with success. He then contemplated the Charles River Bridge, a subscription was raised and the bridge built, he was rewarded with $200 above his contract. He built seven bridges in Ireland the largest at Londonderry, 1860 ft long. He also states that Capt. John Stone, of Concord, Mass., was the architect of Charlestown Bridge. At Reed's Corner, at and near the junction of Main, Eden, and Mill streets, Charlestown, a century and more ago, was Mill V, an eminent English engineer, to build the bridge. A few years later I read on Waterford Bridge, in Ireland, that it was built by Mr. Lemuel Cox, a native of Boston, in America, Architect; and visiting at the same time Wexford, New Ross, and Londonderry, I learned of his work there. In recent years, in investigating, I found that he was not only with a claim for fame for his work in bridge building, but also for inventions, among them for his introduction of textile machinery, previous to
Concord (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
the reed and tore up the oak by the roots. He served his apprenticeship to a carpenter and it was late in life before he attempted bridge building. He proved his new theory on a small bridge in the country with success. He then contemplated the Charles River Bridge, a subscription was raised and the bridge built, he was rewarded with $200 above his contract. He built seven bridges in Ireland the largest at Londonderry, 1860 ft long. He also states that Capt. John Stone, of Concord, Mass., was the architect of Charlestown Bridge. At Reed's Corner, at and near the junction of Main, Eden, and Mill streets, Charlestown, a century and more ago, was Mill Village. Mill Lane ran westward, and in the middle of the eighteenth century led to the mills and mill pond, now made land. At that time the mills were the property of Capt. Robert Temple, grandson of Sir Purbeck Temple, of Stanton Bury, Bucks, England. From the first settlement of Charlestown, Mill Lane had led to the
Wexford (Irish Republic) (search for this): chapter 11
him as builder of Charlestown Bridge. I was, therefore, somewhat surprised when former Mayor Rantoul of Salem stated before the Essex Institute, of which he was the president, in an article on the Essex Bridge at its centennial, that the builders made terms with Lemuel Cox, an eminent English engineer, to build the bridge. A few years later I read on Waterford Bridge, in Ireland, that it was built by Mr. Lemuel Cox, a native of Boston, in America, Architect; and visiting at the same time Wexford, New Ross, and Londonderry, I learned of his work there. In recent years, in investigating, I found that he was not only with a claim for fame for his work in bridge building, but also for inventions, among them for his introduction of textile machinery, previous to the arrival of Samuel Slater, to whom the credit has been accorded in the histories of textile industries. Traditions, after the lapse of a century, still show his type of character and tell of his life in Ireland and dome
Noddle's Island (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
ana Adams, sold this to William Hawes and Lemuel Cox in 1797, and Cox bought Hawes' interest in 1801. The Mallett family also had mills and land in the vicinity, and from Isaac Mallett's executors Lemuel Cox bought two and one-half acres in 1798. Soon after this he erected mills, which he leased in 1801 and 1802. In 1803 he sold the mill estate bought of Adams (except the lots leased and sold) to the Middlesex Canal proprietors. In 1801 a bridge was contemplated between Boston and East Boston, about where the tunnel now runs under the river. A shoal running out from the Boston side, it was the opinion of Lemuel Cox, who was consulted in the matter, that there was no doubt of the stability of a bridge properly erected at that place. This scheme was in the place of the projected Chelsea Bridge, and would save a distance of at least three-fourths of a mile on the route to Lynn, and the tolls of the Charlestown Bridge. The proposed Navy Yard at Charlestown killed the East Bos
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
build wooden piers to protect the channel, one to extend from the northwest point of Coatue to the southwest corner of the black flats, the other to begin about one-third of the distance from the end of Brant Point to the Cliff and to extend to the northeast corner of Cliff Shoal, both upon straight lines. A report was made to the Federal government, 28 October, 1803, but the scheme was not accomplished. Of the family of Lemuel Cox, we know that William, who married in Dublin, died in Savannah. Lemuel, who also visited Ireland, became a sailor. On a voyage to the Pacific he, with two others, while exploring a river, was deserted by his vessel and never heard of afterward. He left a widow and two children. Lemuel Cox, wheelwright, of Charlestown, was administrator of the estate of Lemuel Cox of Boston, mariner, 30 July, 1799, and it was, therefore, previous to that date the son disappeared. John Sale Hickling Cox married, 16 June, 1803, at the Hollis street church, Nancy
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
A Medford tax Payer. Lemuel Cox, the Bridge builder and inventor. by Walter Kendall Watkins, Malden. Continued from Vol. X., No. 2. 25 February, 1790, Lemuel Cox prepared and presented to the Massachusetts Legislature the following petition, some of the facts of which I have already presented:— Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled. The petition of Lemuel Cox of Boston in the County of Suffolk, millwright, Humbly Sheweth— That in the year of our Lord 1770 your petitioner invented a machine for cutting card wires which machine he hath now by him. That one John McGlinch and many others unduly got a sight of same and improved upon the same and then pretended to be the Original Inventors of such machine, whereby many thousand of pounds has been saved to this Commonwealth by putting an entire stop to the importation of Wool and Cotton Cards. That your petitioner in the late War put u
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
apt. Isaiah Lewis was published 15 November, 1805; m. December, 1805, in Boston. He was b. 14 June, 1776; d. 20 April, 1822, at sea. They had— I. Susanna Hinkling Lewis, b. 24 August, 1806; d. ——(intentions published 21 December, 1829); m. 24 February, 1830, to Joseph Willard of Lancaster (son of President Joseph Willard of Harvard University), clerk of the Superior Court. He was b. 14 March, 1798; d. 12 May, 1865. Their son, Major Sidney Willard, b. 3 February, 1831, was killed at Fredericksburg, 13 December, 1862. II. Isaiah William Penn Lewis, b. 15 June, 1808; d. 18 October, 1855, a topographical engineer, who introduced a mode of lights in our lighthouses in use during Civil War and after. Lemuel Cox made his will, 18 January, 1806. He devised to his five children, John S. H., James, Susanna H. Tufts, Elizabeth B., and Harriet A. T. (Lemuel and William, being dead, were not named), $1 each. To his grandchildren, an equal share of the residue. He died 18 February, 1<
Buckingham (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 11
donderry, 1860 ft long. He also states that Capt. John Stone, of Concord, Mass., was the architect of Charlestown Bridge. At Reed's Corner, at and near the junction of Main, Eden, and Mill streets, Charlestown, a century and more ago, was Mill Village. Mill Lane ran westward, and in the middle of the eighteenth century led to the mills and mill pond, now made land. At that time the mills were the property of Capt. Robert Temple, grandson of Sir Purbeck Temple, of Stanton Bury, Bucks, England. From the first settlement of Charlestown, Mill Lane had led to the mills and the mill pond, and near by was Mill Hill. The Webb family were here as millers, shortly after 1700, coming from Braintree. Benjamin Stokes was the miller in the middle of the century, and purchased a share in the mills from Robert Temple, and the balance from his widow in 1757. William Paine, miller, bought five acres of Robert Temple in 1768, and was the executor of Benjamin Stokes on his death. At th
Dublin, N.H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
d be expedient to build wooden piers to protect the channel, one to extend from the northwest point of Coatue to the southwest corner of the black flats, the other to begin about one-third of the distance from the end of Brant Point to the Cliff and to extend to the northeast corner of Cliff Shoal, both upon straight lines. A report was made to the Federal government, 28 October, 1803, but the scheme was not accomplished. Of the family of Lemuel Cox, we know that William, who married in Dublin, died in Savannah. Lemuel, who also visited Ireland, became a sailor. On a voyage to the Pacific he, with two others, while exploring a river, was deserted by his vessel and never heard of afterward. He left a widow and two children. Lemuel Cox, wheelwright, of Charlestown, was administrator of the estate of Lemuel Cox of Boston, mariner, 30 July, 1799, and it was, therefore, previous to that date the son disappeared. John Sale Hickling Cox married, 16 June, 1803, at the Hollis stre
Chelsea bridge (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 11
1 and 1802. In 1803 he sold the mill estate bought of Adams (except the lots leased and sold) to the Middlesex Canal proprietors. In 1801 a bridge was contemplated between Boston and East Boston, about where the tunnel now runs under the river. A shoal running out from the Boston side, it was the opinion of Lemuel Cox, who was consulted in the matter, that there was no doubt of the stability of a bridge properly erected at that place. This scheme was in the place of the projected Chelsea Bridge, and would save a distance of at least three-fourths of a mile on the route to Lynn, and the tolls of the Charlestown Bridge. The proposed Navy Yard at Charlestown killed the East Boston Bridge project. If it had been erected the Navy Yard would have been located lower down the river, and large ocean steamers would not now lie at the Charlestown docks. In 1803, at a town meeting of Nantucket, it was voted to petition Congress to assist the town in digging a channel from Brant Point
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