Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . ng industry and economy ofone individual, we think that a short accountof his progress in life since his first arrivalin this city cannot fail to be interesting, and itwill afford an additional proof of what can beaccomplished by such means, and more espe-cially exhibit to our younger readers the valueof pursuing through life an undeviating courseof integrity and honor. It is by such a courseonly that they can arrive at that high distinctionwhich Mr. Holt has arrived at, viz. to be resj)ec-ted, and enjoy the good ivishes of all
Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . ng industry and economy ofone individual, we think that a short accountof his progress in life since his first arrivalin this city cannot fail to be interesting, and itwill afford an additional proof of what can beaccomplished by such means, and more espe-cially exhibit to our younger readers the valueof pursuing through life an undeviating courseof integrity and honor. It is by such a courseonly that they can arrive at that high distinctionwhich Mr. Holt has arrived at, viz. to be resj)ec-ted, and enjoy the good ivishes of all that havethe pleasure of knowing him. It was our intention to have accompaniedthe preceding with a brief memoir of the Me-chanic and Gentleman, who, by quie^industry,has accomplished so much in a few years, not-withstanding he once, in the mean time, lost is daily a Public Ordinary, and to which resort every thing he possessed, by fire, but want ofmany of the most respectable and influential room compels us to defer it until another time. Smiikwarh Iron A, bed of the river ; B, low water mark; C, high water mark. [From the Londvn 3iechamcs 3Iagazhie.]SouTHWARK Iron Bridge. Architect, Rennie. several centuries the oiily direct meansof communication from the Borough of South-wark to the city of London was by passingover London Bridge, the then only Bridgeacross the river Thames. Since the time ofStowe, however, (who mentions tliat bridgewith particular satisfaction,) the rapid exten-sion of the Borough had frequently suggestedthe great necessity of some more direct meansof communication to the heart of the it was to our own times that the ultimateexecution of his design was reserved. Thesuccessful projector of the scheme was Wyatt, proprietor of the Repertory ofArts. In 1807, that gentleman first turnedhis attention to the subject, and labored in-cessantly, and in spite of every obstacle, till theyear 1811, when an Act of Parliament wasobtain
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