William Hazledine

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death_place = Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
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discipline = Ironmaster
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William Hazledine (1763, Waters Upton, Shropshire – 26 October, 1840, Shrewsbury, Shropshire) was a pioneering English Ironmaster whose talent for casting structural ironwork helped to realise the designs of engineers such as Thomas Telford and architects including Henry Goodridge and Charles Bage. Hazledine's expertise in manufacturing and testing large iron castings was critical to the success of these pioneering projects.

Hazledine grew up in a rural setting and was trained as a millwright. Through a family connection, he took a senior position in a local forge and later set up in business with a partner. After that partnership was dissolved, Hazledine set up a number of foundries supplying large structural castings, notably at Coleham and Plas Kynaston (Cefn Mawr). In their time, these were among the most important centres of iron-bridge building expertise in Britain.

=Structures=Hazledine's legacy is a range of spectacular structures including:

* Ditherington Flax Mill, Shrewsbury (1797)
* Chirk Aqueduct, Pontcysyllte, (1799)
* Bonar Bridge, Scotland (1811-1812)
* Menai Bridge (1819–1826)
* Mythe Bridge, Tewkesbury (1823–1826)
* Eaton Hall Bridge, Cheshire (1824)
* Conwy Suspension Bridge (1824–1826
* Cleveland Bridge, Bath (1826)

External links

* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp02109&rNo=0&role=sit Pencil portrait by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey]
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp02109&rNo=1&role=sit Pencil portrait by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey]

References

* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12802 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

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DATE OF BIRTH=1763
PLACE OF BIRTH= Waters Upton, Shropshire, England
DATE OF DEATH=1840
PLACE OF DEATH= Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England