1761-1821. Scottish engineer who built the
old Waterloo Bridge and old London Bridge
(reconstructed in Arizona, USA). Rennie
studied at Edinburgh University and then
worked for James Watt from 1784. He started
his own engineering business about 1791, and
built bridges (Waterloo Bridge, London,
1810-17), canals, dams (Rudyard dam,
Staffordshire, 1800), and harbours.