Author: Chris Morris
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445650584
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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A visual celebration of Thomas Telford's architectural and engineering legacy. A Scottish towering figure of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the pre-eminent engineer of his day.

Author: Samuel Smiles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Author: Anthony Burton
Publisher: Wharncliffe
ISBN: 1473864089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237

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Thomas Telford's life was extraordinary: born in the Lowlands of Scotland, where his father worked as a shepherd, he ended his days as the most revered engineer in the world, known punningly as The Colossus of Roads. He was responsible for some of the great works of the age, such as the suspension bridge across the Menai Straits and the mighty Pontcysyllte aqueduct. He built some of the best roads seen in Britain since the days of the Romans and constructed the great Caledonian Canal, designed to take ships across Scotland from coast to coast. He did as much as anyone to turn engineering into a profession and was the first President of the newly formed Institution of Civil Engineers. All this was achieved by a man who started work as a boy apprentice to a stonemason. rn He was always intensely proud of his homeland and was to be in charge of an immense programme of reconstruction for the Highlands that included building everything from roads to harbours and even designing churches. He was unquestionably one of Britain's finest engineers, able to take his place alongside giants such as Brunel. He was also a man of culture, even though he had only a rudimentary education. As a mason in his early days he had worked alongside some of the greatest architects of the day, such as William Chambers and Robert Adams, and when he was appointed County Surveyor for Shropshire early in his career, he had the opportunity to practice those skills himself, designing two imposing churches in the county and overseeing the renovation of Shrewsbury Castle. Even as a boy, he had developed a love of literature and throughout his life wrote poetry and became a close friend of the Poet Laureate, Robert Southey. He was a man of many talents, who rose to the very top of his profession but never forgot his roots: he kept his old masons' tools with him to the end of his days. rn There are few official monuments to this great man, but he has no need of them: the true monuments are the structures that he left behind that speak of a man who brought about a revolution in transport and civil engineering.

Author: Samuel Smiles, Jr.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3955079384
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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The life and works of civil engineer Thomas Telford. With an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britian. Originally published in 1867.

Author: Samuel Smiles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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Author: Paul A. Lynn
Publisher: Whittles
ISBN: 9781849954860
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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A modern travelogue describing and revisiting Telford's work in Scotland oduring the early 19th century.Shows how Telford's engineering had a profound influence on the social history of the Highlands and Islands.

Author: Samuel Smiles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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Author: John Christopher
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445657821
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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This fascinating selection of images records the works of the pre-Victorian engineer Thomas Telford and what remains of the great roads, canals and bridges he built in Scotland, England and Wales.

Author: Samuel Smiles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Author: Samuel Smiles
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387006535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.