This is a list of lectures prepared by Professor Roland Paxton. To view simply click on a title.
- Adam Hunter (1869-1933) ‘Engineer Extraordinaire’ (Clydebank Titan Crane). Public Lecture at Clydebank Town Hall 19 August 2013.
- James Ferguson: Lecture to the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 22 April 2010.
- Historic Civil Engineering in the U.K.: EWRI Friends Visit London, York, Edinburgh, Arbroath, and Glasgow for Titan Crane Landmark Ceremony. August 2013.
- Historical Engineering Works Evolution in the Scottish Built Environment. October 2009.
- Conserving Scotland’s Civil Engineering Transport Heritage – A Personal Perspective 8 April 2014.
- Transport Infrastructure Landmarks in Britain 1760-1890.
- Building Bridges Basics – a presentation at Burntisland Primary School 16 Jan 2014.
- Creation of the Bell Rock Lighthouse 1807-11 – Achieving the seemingly impossible! Lecture to the British Science Association in Edinburgh 4 Nov 2013.
- Achieving the Seemingly Impossible – Bell Rock Railway 1810.
- A Grand Design: Creation of the Bell Rock Lighthouse 1807-11.
- Union Chain Bridge 1820 – its origin, significance and future. A talk to The Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club at Hutton Parish Hall on 20 May 2015.
- John Rennie’s Improvement of Scotland’s Infrastructure 1779-1821.
- John Rennie in Scotland 1779-1821 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland after dinner presentation on 30 November 2012.
- Scotland’s Historical Engineering Landmarks Lecture at IDA [Danish Society of Engineers] Kalvebod Brygge Copenhagen 22 Oct 2013
- Danish Tour of Scottish Historical Engineering Works 2012.
- Thomas Telford ‘Colossus of Roads’ 1757 – 1834.
- Telford and Craigellachie Bridge 200, ‘Something like a spider’s web’. Lecture at Craigellachie Village Hall on 1 November 2014.
- Telford’s Iron Bridge Mastery Telford. The Royal Society of Edinburgh 250th Anniversary Conference 2007.
- Union Chain Bridge’s Historical Engineering Significance.
- Historic Landmark Recognition for Ballochmyle Viaduct.