Reading
- A. Kempton, Robert William Rennison, T. Cox, Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 1 (London 2002)
- James Nasmyth, Autobiography (1885)
- Memoir of the late Charles Baird, esq., of St Petersburg, and of his son, the late Francis Baird, esq., of St. Petersburg and 4, Queens Gate, London (London, 1867)
- Russian Iron Bridges to 1850 (Newcomen Society 1982)
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| Name | Baird, Francis |
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| Date of birth | 1802 |
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| Date of death | 1864 |
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