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John Benjamin Macneill
1880Mar, 2

John Benjamin Macneill

John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
Sir John Benjamin Macneill FRS (1793 – 2 March 1880) was an eminent Irish civil engineer of the 19th century, closely associated with Thomas Telford. His most notable projects were railway schemes in Ireland.

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