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| baptism_datebirth_place = [[Dungarvan]], Waterford, Ireland

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| education = [[Giggleswick school]], Yorkshire

| notable_works = Hull [[Railway Dock]]<br>[[Victoria Dock, Hull|Victoria Dock]]<br>[[Birkenhead Docks]]

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'''John Bernard Hartley''', or(3 J.B.September Hartley1814 – 14 December 1869) was a British civil engineer, son of [[Jesse Hartley]] the Liverpool docks engineer. He was engineer on the Hull [[Railway Dock]], and [[Victoria Dock, Hull|Victoria Dock]], and other works, and was instrumental in promoting the [[Birkenhead Docks]] on the Mersey.

John Bernard Hartley was born on 3 September 1814 in [[DungarvonDungarvan]], Waterford, son of [[Jesse Hartley]], engineer of the Liverpool docks. He was brought up in [[Pontefract]] Yorkshire and educated at [[Giggleswick school]], after which he began training under his father on the Liverpool dock estate,. andIn in1835 he 1835was placed under [[James Walker (engineer)|James Walker]].{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|pp=216-7216–7}}

In 1840 he began working independantlyindependently, and in 1842 was appointed engineer of the [[Hull Dock Company]].{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=217}} There he was engineer during the construction of the [[Railway Dock]] and [[Victoria Dock, Hull|Victoria Dock]].<ref>{{citation| url =httphttps://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=8ZVWAAAAcAAJ | work = Tidal Harbours Commission | title = The Humber, its roads, shoals, and capabilities. Importance and improvement of the Port of Hull | type =report report| date = 23 October 1845 | editor-first=Thomas|editor-last=Wood|page =45}}</ref> He left the employment of the Dockdock company in 1858.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=217}}

He also worked on lighthouses on the [river[River Lune]], at theits mouth near [[Morecambe bayBay]], on the [[Hull and Barnsley Railway]], the [[ThePontefract line|Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway]], and on docks at [[Purton, Lydney|Purton Pill]], and [[Silloth|Silloth Bay]], a graving dock at [[Grimsby]], anda scheme for docks at [[Cardiff]], and on the drainage of [[Porthmadog|Port Madoc]].{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=218}} HeIn wasassociation with his father, he also worked on the docks at Liverpool and Birkenhead, in association with his father.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|ppp=218-220218–220}}

He was involved in prolonged attempts to obtain a bill enabling the construction of deep water docks at [[Birkenhead]] to the design of [[James Meadows Rendel (engineer)|James Meadows Rendel]], and later, in 1858, became engineer of the [[Birkenhead docksDocks]].{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=218}}

His health failed in 1860, and he had left for the warmer climate of the Mediterranean, when he received news of his father's death. He was appointed to his father's position on the Liverpool Docks estate, but retired dueowing to poor health, beingalthough he was retained as a consulting engineer. He thensubsequently lived at toLetrualt House near [[LetrualtRhu]], [[Dumbarton ]], while also travelling to Spasspas in Switzerland -. He died on 14 December 1869.{{sfn|Minutes of the Proceedings|1872|p=222-3}}

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