William Hazledine
William Hazledine (also Hazeldine ) (* 1763 in Shawbury, Shropshire , England , † October 26, 1840 in Shrewsbury , Shropshire) was an English industrialist who was instrumental in the development of iron smelting and casting technology. His skills in making structural parts of structures out of cast iron were crucial to the execution of the plans of civil engineers like Thomas Telford and architects like Henry Goodridge and Charles Bage . Hazledine's experience and expertise in both manufacturing and testing large cast iron parts were critical to the success of these pioneering projects. With his forges , he supplied the eye sticks for the chains of the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Conwy Suspension Bridge , two of the most important bridges of their time.
Life
Hazledine grew up in a rural environment and was trained as a mill builder. Due to family connections, he worked in a local blacksmith's shop, which he was soon able to lease. He later moved to Shrewsbury, where he and a partner opened a forge. After the dissolution of this company, he founded a number of foundries in which large structural components were manufactured, including in Coleham, which is now part of Shrewsbury, and in Plas Kynaston, which belongs to the town of Cefn Mawr, in the Welsh Wrexham County Borough near the future, aqueducts to be built by him. In 1788 he made the acquaintance of Thomas Telford, who developed into a long friendship and business relationship. Its foundries were among the most important centers for the manufacture of cast iron bridges in Great Britain in their day. When Princess Victoria and her mother, the Duchess of Kent, visited Telford's planned Menai Suspension Bridge in 1832, the wrought-iron chains of which Hazledine had supplied, he was appointed to explain the principles of construction of the bridge to the royal visit, for which he received great recognition.
Hazledine was Mayor of Shrewsbury from 1835 to 1836.
Buildings
Hazledine's legacy of significant buildings includes:
- Ditherington Flax Mill , Shrewsbury (1797), the first iron skeleton structure
- Chirk Aqueduct and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct , Wrexham County Borough , (1799-1805)
- Iron bridge at Bonar Bridge , Scotland (1811-1812)
- Craigellachie Bridge , Scotland (1812-1814)
- Menai Bridge (1819-1826),
- Mythe Bridge , Tewkesbury (1823-1826)
- Aldford Iron Bridge , Eaton Hall , Cheshire (1824)
- Conwy Suspension Bridge (1824-1826)
- Cleveland Bridge , Bath (1826)
- Stretton Aqueduct , Staffordshire (1832-1833)
Honors
Hazeldine Crescent in Shawbury and Hazledine Court in Coleham are named after him, and Hazledine Way is part of the modern Inner Ring Road in Shrewsbury.
Web links
- Gordon Goodwin: Hazeldine, William . Biographical note in the Dictionary of National Biography
- William Hazeldine , pencil portrait of Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey on the National Portrait Gallery website
- William Hazeldine , pencil portrait of Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey on the National Portrait Gallery website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary: William Hazledine, Esq. In: Sylvanus Urban (Eds.): The Gentleman's Magazine , New Series, Volume 15, January-June 1841, William Pickering, John Bowyer Nichols and Son, London 1841, pp. 100-102
- ^ Gordon Goodwin: Hazeldine, William . Biographical note in the Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ A b Hazledine Way in the Shrewsbury Street Names series on the Shrewsbury Local History website .
- ↑ Former Mayors of Shrewsbury 1638 to present ( November 29, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive ) on the Shrewsbury Town Council website
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hazledine, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hazeldine, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Industrialist, pioneer of English iron smelting and casting technology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1763 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shawbury, Shropshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1840 |
| Place of death | Shrewsbury , Shropshire |