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William Hastie (1755-1832)

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Emigrated from Scotland to St Petersburg as a mason, in response to an advert placed by ? Cameron in Edinburgh. He became chief architect at Ekaterinoslav (Dnieprpetrovski). He designed a number of bridges, including iron bridges, while working for the waterways ministry. Hastie's Russian name was Vasily Ivanovich Geste.[1]


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  1. ↑ 'Russian Iron Bridges to 1850' by J. G. James, Newcomen Society, 1983
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