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- 1 2 Skempton, A. W. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500–1830. Thomas Telford. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-0-7277-2939-2.
- ↑ Anderson, James (1834). Report on the present state of Leith harbour, and the practicability of rendering available its wet docks, by means of a deep-water entrance at Newhaven, and a communicating dock or ship-canal . Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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