Legacy
In 1839 he published a work entitled A Practical and Theoretical Essay on Oblique Bridges in which he was the first to apply trigonometry to the design of the skew arch railway bridge. It was used as a standard reference work on the subject until the early 20th century, its last reprinting being in 1895. He was an active member of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1821. He was extremely busy during the railway mania years, but his health broke and he became deaf in the mid-1840s, retiring to the Isle of Man. He lived at Ramsay, and spent his time studying the Scriptures. He remained a close friend of Stephenson, who supported him throughout. He died of scarlatina on 9 March 1854 and was buried at Manghold. His wife and a daughter died of the same disease within a fortnight.
Today a boat is named after him, which operates from Llanymynech Wharf on the Montgomery Canal.
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