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James Leslie1801 - 1889
Harbour engineer. Leslie was apprenticed to the architect W.H. Playfair (1789 - 1857) and also worked with Sir John Rennie (1794 - 1874). He was appointed Harbour Engineer in Dundee in 1832 and, as such, was responsible for the Customs House and Harbour Chambers (1842-3), the Earl Grey Dock (1834) and early work on the Victoria Dock (1833-70). He served in this post until 1846.
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