Background
Sarah Guppy was born in Birmingham, England.
Sarah Guppy was born in Birmingham, England.
In 1811 she patented the first of her inventions, a method of making safe piling for bridges. Thomas Telford asked her for permission to use her patented design for suspension bridge foundations, and she granted it to him free of charge. In 1841 she wrote a letter recommending planting willows and poplars to stabilise embankments.
She continued to offer technical advice despite the fact that, as she wrote, "it is unpleasant to speak of oneself—it may seem boastful particularly in a woman." In 1837 the widowed Sarah, now 67, married Richard Eyre-Coote, 28 years her junior.
Foreign a while they lived at Arnos Court, Brislington, but Richard ran through his rich wife"s money at a rapid rate, spending on horses and neglecting her. Sarah moved into 7 Richmond Hill, Clifton in 1842.
She bought the land opposite the house for the benefit of Clifton residents and it still remains green space.
Quotations: "improvements in caulking ships, boats and other vessels.".