Henry Eastburn

Henry Eastburn (1753–1821) was a British draughtsman and civil engineer, known for his work on the canals of Great Britain, including the Basingstoke Canal, the Derwent and Rye navigations, and the Lancaster Canal.

Biography Early life Eastburn was baptised on 7 February 1753. His father, Michael, was an apothecary from York. His mother, Faith Jenkinson, was John Smeaton's sister-in-law thus Eastburn was Smeaton's nephew. Eastburn began studying under John Smeaton in 1768, and became his assistant at some point around 1775, finishing in 1788.

Career As both student and assistant of Smeaton, Eastburn succeeded William Jessop. As part of this work, Eastburn surveyed Hatfield Chase in 1776 and produced technical drawings such as that of the winding engine at Walker Colliery in 1783 and Aberdeen Harbour in 1788.

Despite this, James Murray was appointed to the role in preference to Eastburn, whose career was apparently at its end. Simon was daughter of the vicar at Whitkirk, where Smeaton was a parishioner. Eastburn and his wife had one daughter, Elizabeth. Watermill, Wandsworth, London (1789)—General plan for the ground adjoining the corn mill at Wandsworth, London, at a scale of 1:38 Windmill, Sykefield (1784)—Plan and section of the iron axis, scale 1:24 and elevation of the timber main shaft, scale 1:12, for the oil windmill at Sykefield