James Brindley (1716-1772) was an
engineer in
England. He was born in
Thornsett[?],
Derbyshire, and lived in
Leek, Staffordshire.
He built 365 miles of
canals and many
watermills, including the
Bridgewater Canal[?] and the watermill at Leek, now the
Brindley Water Museum[?].