Charles Cochrane was a British engineer. He was a leading authority on blast furnaces.
He secured a patent for dehumidifing air.

Life

In 1850, he studied at Kings College, London.
He worked with Samuel Holden Blackwell, at Russell's Hall Iron Works, and other blast-furnaces, mills and forges.

His father, Alexander Brodie Cochrane, was the owner of Woodside Iron Works.
In 1855, he went to the Ormesby Iron Works. In 1856, he became a partner with his father.

The Woodside Iron Works supplied many important structures, including the Holborn Viaduct

Holborn Viaduct

Holborn Viaduct is a bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it . It links Holborn, via Holborn Circus, with Newgate Street in the City of London, passing over Farringdon Street and the now subterranean River Fleet.It was built between 1863 and 1869, at a cost of over two million...

, Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames between Westminster on the north side and Lambeth on the south side, in London, England....

, Cannon Street Railway Bridge

Cannon Street Railway Bridge

Cannon Street Railway Bridge is a bridge in central London, crossing the River Thames. Downstream, the next bridge is London Bridge, and upstream Southwark Bridge. It carries trains over the river to Cannon Street station on the north bank...

, Charing Cross railway station

Charing Cross railway station

Charing Cross railway station, also known as London Charing Cross, is a central London railway terminus in the City of Westminster, England. It is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail, and trains serving it are operated by Southeastern...

, and the Runcorn Railway Bridge

Runcorn Railway Bridge

The Runcorn Railway Bridge, which is also known as the Ethelfleda Bridge or the Britannia Bridge, crosses the River Mersey at Runcorn Gap from Runcorn to Widnes in Cheshire, England. It was built for the London and North Western Railway to a design by William Baker, chief engineer of the railway...

.
They helped relocate the Hungerford Suspension Bridge from the Thames to the Clifton Suspension Bridge

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Brunel died in 1859, without seeing the completion of the bridge. Brunel's colleagues in the Institution of Civil Engineers felt that completion of the Bridge would be a fitting memorial, and started to raise new funds...

 at Bristol.

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