What is James Brindley?
'''James Brindley''' (1716 – 27 September 1772) was an English engineer. He was born in Tunstead, [[Derbyshire]], and lived much of his life in [[Leek, Staffordshire]]. He was one of the most notable engineers of the 18th century. In 1750 he rented a millwright's shop in [[Burslem]] from the [[Josiah Wedgwood|Wedgwood]]<nowiki/>s who became his lifelong friends. He built several [[flint]] mills for the pottery trade. He was involved in the building of the [[Bridgewater Canal]] and the [[Trent & Mersey Canal]]. <ref>{{Cite book|title=The Radical Potter|url=https://archive.org/details/josiahwedgwoodma0000tris|last=Hunt|first=Tristram|publisher=Allen Lane|year=2021|isbn=9780241287897}}</ref> In total Brindley built 365 miles (587 km) of canals and many watermills, including the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, the Coventry Canal, the Oxford Canal and numerous others, and he also constructed the watermill at Leek, which is now the Brindley Water Museum.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-07-31|title=James Brindley: The canal pioneer who changed England|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36912826|access-date=2023-03-12}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Canals in England]] [[Category:British civil engineers]] [[Category:1716 births]] [[Category:1772 deaths]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Brindley, James}}