William Cubitt

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Sir William Cubitt (1785-1861) was an eminent English civil engineer and millwright. Born in Norfolk, England, he was employed in most of the great engineering undertakings of his time. He invented a type of windmill sail and the prison treadwheel.

Structures that still exist include:

Many windmills in East Anglia or Lincolnshire
Iron bridges at Brent Eleigh and Clare (Suffolk) and Witham (Essex)
Port Offices, Lowestoft
Haddiscoe Cut
Oxford Canal at Rugby and at Newbold Tunnel
Shropshire Union Canal at Shelmore Embankment
Diglis Lock on the River Severn at Worcester
Folkestone Viaduct
Folkestone Warren and Martello, Abbot's Cliff, Shakespeare and Martello Tunnels
Welwyn Viaduct
Nene Bridge, Peterborough
Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green

Reference

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