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Joseph Mitchell

Not who you're looking for? Others named Joseph Mitchell: City manager of Newburgh, New York (1922-1993) · nephew and estate director of author Margaret Mitchell (1935 · American judge · American writer (1908–1996)

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Joseph Mitchell (1803 – 26 November 1883) was a Scottish civil engineer. Life Joseph Mitchell was born on 3 November 1803 in Forres, the son of John Mitchell, a civil engineer. The family moved to Inverness in 1810 where Mitchell attended Inverness Royal Academy. He continued his studies in Aberdeen. In 1820 he went to work on the construction of the Caledonian Canal under an apprenticeship to Thomas Telford. From 1824 until his retirement in 1867 Mitchell held the post of Inspector of Highland Roads and Bridges. From 1828 he also acted as engineer for the Scottish Fisheries Board. He carried out surveys for the railways and was involved in the construction of much of the rail network in the Highlands, including the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway. In 1843 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Thomas Charles Hope.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Joseph Mitchell: City manager of Newburgh, New York (1922-1993) · nephew and estate director of author Margaret Mitchell (1935 · American judge · American writer (1908–1996)

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Joseph Mitchell (1803 – 26 November 1883) was a Scottish civil engineer. Life Joseph Mitchell was born on 3 November 1803 in Forres, the son of John Mitchell, a civil engineer. The family moved to Inverness in 1810 where Mitchell attended Inverness Royal Academy. He continued his studies in Aberdeen. In 1820 he went to work on the construction of the Caledonian Canal under an apprenticeship to Thomas Telford. From 1824 until his retirement in 1867 Mitchell held the post of Inspector of Highland Roads and Bridges. From 1828 he also acted as engineer for the Scottish Fisheries Board. He carried out surveys for the railways and was involved in the construction of much of the rail network in the Highlands, including the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway. In 1843 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Thomas Charles Hope.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).