Daniel Asher Alexander
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Daniel Asher Alexander (b. 1768 d. 1846) was a British architect and engineer.
He was the principal architect of Dartmoor Prison and Maidstone Prison, two of the oldest gaols still in use in the United Kingdom.[1][2]
Alexander was also the Surveyor to the London Dock Company between 1796 and 1831 and was responsible for the early development of the London Docks.[1]
Other works include Mote House near Maidstone, the Rochester Bridge, extensions to the Queen's House (or the Royal Naval Asylum) in Greenwich, London,[3] the Old Light lighthouse on Lundy Island and the lighthouse towers at Harwich.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Traffic and Politics: The Construction and Management of Rochester Bridge by Nigel Yates and James Melvin Gibson (1994) at Google Books
- ^ Maidstone Prison at HM Prison Service
- ^ History of the Queen's House at the National Maritime Museum
- ^ Civil Engineering Heritage by E. A. Labrum (1994) at Google Books
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