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  Patrick Meik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patrick went to work for his father and worked on Meik's harbours at Burntisland and Bo'ness on the river Forth in Scotland before being asked by Sir Benjamin Baker to be resident engineer (1882-1885) on the foundations and piers of the Forth Bridge (designed by Baker and Sir John Fowler).
The Meik brothers' engineering practice was later renamed CS Meik and Halcrow and today remains one of the world's foremost engineering consultancies, the Halcrow Group.
Patrick Meik died in 1910, mourned as "an able and accomplished engineer: whose "kindness of heart and social qualities endeared him to a large circle of friends".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patrick_Meik   (303 words)

  
 Thomas Meik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was particularly associated with ports and railways in Scotland and northern England, and fathered two prominent engineering sons: Patrick Meik and Charles Meik.
After attending the University of Edinburgh, Thomas Meik was apprenticed to John Steedman, an engineer and contractor who was working in Glasgow on the Hutcheson Bridge (designed by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of author Robert Louis Stevenson).
In 1859, the commission took over the construction of the Hendon Dock on the south side of the Wear, and Meik was responsible for the entire works (the task included a grain warehouse and a lighthouse - which, although relocated when the South Pier was shortened in 1983, still stands today).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Meik   (383 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Bridge designs to be big draw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The fascinating documents belonged to Patrick Meik, an accomplished designer who was in charge of the foundations and piers of the historic structure.
Mr Meik spent three years ensuring the bridge would be structurally sound, before leaving the remainder of the work to other engineers, who completed the job by 1890.
Mr Meik was was part of a minor engineering dynasty - his father Thomas was also an engineer, as was his brother Charles.
news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=770472005   (849 words)

  
 The Nobility of Failure - R. Lanier Britsch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
White, the branch president, had left for England, but James Patrick Meik and Matthew McCune had taken up the work and had baptized several others.
Meik was constructing a small meetinghouse in the heart of Calcutta.
The descendants of the Meiks, McCunes, Booths, Hefferans, Taits, Davies, and others who came to Zion are grateful for the missionary service rendered to their ancestors in India.
speeches.byu.edu /reader/reader.php?id=1702   (4208 words)

  
 Port Talbot - Welshpedia
It was therefore his daughter Emily Charlotte Talbot (1840-1918) who inherited her father's fortune and became just as notable in the development of ports and railways.
With assistance from engineers Charles Meik and Patrick Meik she set about creating a port and railway system to attract business away from Cardiff and Swansea.
The Port Talbot Railway and Dock Company opened a dock at Port Talbot and the Llynfi Railway in 1897, followed by the Ogmore Valley Extension and the South Wales Mineral Junction Railway (almost all these lines were closed by the Beeching cuts in 1994, but some bridges and viaducts remain).
www.welshpedia.co.uk /places/towns/ptb.shtml   (450 words)

  
 Midwest Province Congregation of the Mission: Current Confreres
Harvey Goertz, C.M. Rev. Thomas Grace, C.M. Rev. Kenneth Grass, C.M. Rev. Henry Grodecki, C.M. Rev. Daniel Harris, C.M. Rev. Patrick V. Harrity, C.M. Rev. William Hartenbach, C.M. Bro.
John Mangogna, C.M. Rev. Felipe Martinez, C.M. Rev. Patrick McDevitt, C.M. Rev. Thomas Meik, C.M. Rev. Jack Melito, C.M. Rev. John Minogue, C.M. Rev. Romain Morales, C.M. Rev. Barry Moriarty, C.M. Rev. Gary Mueller, C.M. Rev. Ignatius Mukanzi, C.M. Rev. J.
Patrick Murphy, C.M. Rev. David G. Nations, C.M. Rev. Thomas Nelson, C.M. Rev. Angelus Njagi, C.M. Rev. Philip Njenga, C.M. Rev. David Nygren, C.M. Rev. Richard O’Brien, C.M. Rev. Thomas O’Hern, C.M. Bro.
www.vincentian.org /midwest/confreres.php   (502 words)

  
 Katharine Nairn
Patrick, sometime lieutenant of the 89th Regiment of Foot,
Meik, "a discreet person," and thereafter set out for
He struck Dr. Meik as being, like Mrs.
tarlton.law.utexas.edu /lpop/etext/roughead/katharine.htm   (8368 words)

  
 Upcoming.org: 33.99 Records Weblaunch Party at M12 (Wednesday, June 7, 2006)
Jan Zimmermann, Derek Holzer, Sara Kolster and Meik the Mischer.
plus DJ Meik the Mischer's live 33.99 remix
Wait 5 minutes for our hamster wheels to run.
upcoming.org /event/82437   (150 words)

  
 Furyu Online Articles Page 1
He was featured in Furyu The Budo Journal #7.
Featuring the late Donn F. Draeger paired up with Patrick Lineberger.
Yagyu Shinkage-ryu (1) 504 K. The swordfighting style as demonstrated by Meik Skoss in Hawaii in the 1990s.
www.furyu.com /onlinearticles/OnlineArts.htm   (646 words)

  
 Perthshire Published   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bruce, Patrick (Coupar Angus, c1765, 109B 05) (L.)
Crawfurd, Patrick (of Errol, c1765, 109B 05) (L.)
Meik, Patrick (Kinnoul, church minister, c1765, 109B 05) (L.)
www.scottishfamilyheritage.co.uk /perthshire_published.html   (906 words)

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