| 词条 | J. B. Hartley |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = John Bernard Hartley | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 3 September 1814 | baptism_date = | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1869|12|13|1814|9|3}} | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth = | height = | weight = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | criminal_charge = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }} John Bernard Hartley (1814–1869) was a British civil engineer, son of Jesse Hartley the Liverpool docks engineer. He was engineer on the Hull Railway Dock, and Victoria Dock, and other works, and was instrumental in promoting the Birkenhead Docks on the Mersey. He retired in 1861 due to ill health and died in 1869. BiographyJohn Bernard Hartley was born 3 September in Dungarvan, Waterford, son of Jesse Hartley, engineer of the Liverpool docks. He was brought up in Pontefract Yorkshire and educated at Giggleswick school, after which he began training under his father on the Liverpool dock estate, and in 1835 placed under James Walker.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|pp=216–7}} In 1840 he began working independently, and in 1842 was appointed engineer of the Hull Dock Company.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=217}} There he was engineer during the construction of the Railway Dock and Victoria Dock.[1] He left the employment of the Dock company in 1858.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=217}} He also worked on lighthouses on the river Lune, at the mouth near Morecambe bay, on the Hull and Barnsley Railway, The Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway, and on docks at Purton Pill, Silloth Bay, a graving dock at Grimsby and scheme for docks at Cardiff, and on the drainage of Port Madoc.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=218}} He was also worked on the docks at Liverpool and Birkenhead, in association with his father.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|pp=218–220}} He was involved in prolonged attempts to obtain a bill enabling the construction of deep water docks at Birkenhead to the design of James Meadows Rendel, and later, in 1858, became engineer of the Birkenhead Docks.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=218}} His health failed in 1860, and he had left for the warmer climate of the Mediterranean when he received news of his father's death. He was appointed to his father position on the Liverpool Docks estate, but retired due to poor health, being retained as a consulting engineer. He then lived at Letrualt House near Rhu, Dumbarton, also travelling to Spas in Switzerland – He died on the 14 December 1869.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=222-3}} References1. ^{{citation| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZVWAAAAcAAJ| work = Tidal Harbours Commission| title = The Humber, its roads, shoals, and capabilities. Importance and improvement of the Port of Hull| type = report| date = 23 October 1845| editor-first=Thomas|editor-last=Wood|page =45}} Sources
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