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*The '''Blythe and Tyne Railway''', for which he was responsible for the construction between 1840 and 1845 and continued to act as Engineer and Manager until the time of his death.
Nicholson became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1838.<ref>[https://gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Nicholson Grace's Guide]</ref> He continued to work on other projects as well as railways. He helped plan and build the Whittle Dean Waterworks for which he also continued to act as Engineer and Manager until the time of his death. Between 1848 and 1850 he was employed to take a bill through Parliament to remove the government of the River Tyne from Newcastle Corporation. In 1852 he developed plans for supplying the City of Doncaster with water<ref>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1856.23848 Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, "Obituary, Robert Nicholson, 1808-1855", Volume 15 Issue 1856, 1856, pp. 93-94]</ref>.
==Involvement with the Severn Valley Railway==
==Links==
*[https://gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Nicholson Robert Nicholson entry in Grace's Guide]
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