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John Fowler was an English engineer who helped to develop the steam-hauled plow. He began his career in the grain trade but later trained as an engineer. In 1850 he joined Albert Fry in Bristol to found a works to produce steam-hauled implements.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
He was educated privately at Whitley Hall near Ecclesfield. He trained under John Towlerton Leather, engineer of the Sheffield waterworks, and with Leather's uncle, George Leather, on the Aire and Calder Navigation and on railway surveys.
As a civil engineer, Sir John Fowler (1817–98) devoted his life to the railways. His best-known achievements include the first railway bridge across the Thames in London, Manchester Central Station, the development of the London Underground and (with Sir Benjamin Baker) the Forth Bridge - arguably the most remarkable feat of engineering of ...
- Thomas Mackay
- 2013
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet was an English civil engineer who helped design and build the underground London Metropolitan Railway and was joint designer of the Forth Bridge in Scotland. Fowler established himself in London in 1844 as a consulting engineer, laying out many small railway systems.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
John Fowler was born at Wadsley Hall on the edge of Sheffield and privately educated locally. He then took up an engineering post at the Sheffield waterworks before moving into railway engineering.
Sir John Fowler, 1817–98, English engineer. With Benjamin Baker, he designed and built the Forth Bridge (1882–90) in Scotland, the first major structure made of steel. He also designed much of the London Metropolitan Railway, forerunner of the underground railways, and later served as an engineer in the development of the London subway system.
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May 19, 2016 · Sir John Fowler, an English civil engineer, was born July 15, 1817. Fowler is remembered today for two impressive engineering feats, separated by some 25 years. In 1858, Fowler was called upon to design and supervise the construction of the world’s first subway,...
