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	ThomasTelford.info - Celebrating Thomas Telford's 250th Year Anniversary: Home Page
		Born in poverty in 1757, the son of a Dumfriesshire shepherd who died in the same year, Thomas Telford became renowned as the father of civil engineering and was the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
		In 1796 Telford built the world's first cast-iron aqueduct at Longdon on Tern, but perhaps his greatest legacy to the county was the construction of the Holyhead Road which on its completion was reckoned to be the finest road in the whole of Europe.
		Thomas Telford's great historic contributions to Shropshire and the fact that many of his works can still be seen in the county were major reasons for Dawley New Town, in 1968, being renamed Telford in his honour.
	www.thomastelford.info (289 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Thomas Telford
		Telford's reputation in Shropshire led to his appointment in 1793 to manage the detailed design and construction of the Ellesmere Canal, linking the ironworks and collieries of Wrexham via the north-west Shropshire town of Ellesmere, with Chester, utilising the existing Chester Canal, and then the River Mersey.
		Telford also undertook highway works in the Scottish Lowlands, including 184 miles of new roads and numerous bridges, ranging from a 112 ft (34 m) span stone bridge across the Dee at Tongueland in Kirkcudbright (1805-1806) to the 129 ft (39 m) tall Cartland Crags bridge near Lanark (1822).
		Thomas Telford School is consistently among the top performing comprehensive schools in the country [1].
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	Thomas Telford
		Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 - September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk[?], Scotland.
		By this time Telford had established a good reputation as an engineer and in 1790 was given the task of building a bridge over the Severn river at Montford.
		For the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct[?], Telford used a new method of construction consisting of troughs made from cast-iron plates and fixed in masonry.
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	Thomas Telford - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		THOMAS TELFORD (1757-1834), British civil engineer,, was the son of a shepherd, and was born at Westerkirk in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire, on the 9th of August 1757.
		In 1780 Telford went to Edinburgh, where he was employed in the erection of houses.
		In the early years of the t9th century the question of improving the communications in the Highlands of Scotland engaged the attention of the government, and Telford was commissioned to report on the matter.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Thomas_Telford (791 words)

	Thomas Telford and Dunkeld Bridge
		Telford pointed out that the military roads were altogether inadequate to the requirements of the population and that the use of them was in many places very much circumscribed by the want of bridges over some of the principal rivers.
		Telford further described in detail the roads necessary to be constructed in the north and west Highlands with the object of opening up the western parts of the counties of Inverness and Ross and affording a ready communication from the Clyde to the fishing lochs in the neighbourhood of the Isle of Skye.
		Telford accordingly designed for the passage of the river at Craig Ellachie a light cast-iron arch of 150 feet span with a rise of 20 feet the arch being composed of four ribs each consisting of two concentric arcs forming panels which are filled in with diagonal bars.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /telford-bridge.htm (1686 words)

	Thomas Telford
		Telford was born on the 9th August 1757 in Westerkirk, Scotland and he became the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and was renowned in his day as "Colossus of Roads".
		By 1793 Telford's reputation had grown and he was appointed to manage the design and construction of the Ellesmere Canal (now known as the Llangollen Canal), which linked the ironworks and collieries of Wrexham via the north-west Shropshire town of Ellesmere, with Chester, utilising the existing Chester Canal, and then the River Mersey.
		Telford then became involved in the design and construction of the Shrewsbury Canal which was required to move large quantities of raw materials and coal.
	www.shropshiretourism.info /thomas-telford (947 words)

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		Telford was requested to advise the Company what course was most proper to be adopted in the matter, and after examining the place he recommended that an entirely new tunnel should be constructed nearly parallel with the old one, but of much larger dimensions.
		Telford proposed an effective measure of improvement which was taken in hand without loss of time and carried out greatly to the advantage of the trade of the district.
		Telford largely employed cast iron in the construction of this canal using it in the locks and gates as well as in an extensive aqueduct which it was necessary to construct over a deep ravine after the plan pursued by him at Pont-Cysylltau and other places.
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	Thomas Telford - The Father Of Civil Engineering
		Thomas Telford was born in Eskdale (near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway) on 9 August 1757.
		Telford gave a lot of attention to making sure that the gradient of the new road was consistent and not too steep so that the coaches could maintain a reasonable average speed.
		In 1820 Thomas Telford was invited to be the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the oldest professional learned society and qualifying body for the engineering profession in the world.
	www.prosiectmenai.co.uk /telfordeng.html (572 words)

	Telford history, shropshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thomas Telford was born in Westerkirk, Dumfries, Scotland, in 1757, the son of a poor shepherd.
		Telford himself must have had some doubts about the safety of his own designs, for he was given to lengthy prayers on the days the chains were scheduled to take the weight of the bridge.
		Thomas Telford died on September 2, 1834 and is buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey, London.
	www.telfordgold.com /history_of.htm (1578 words)

	Thomas Telford - Britannia Biographies
		Telford's accomplishments include his early work as surveyor of Shropshire, the county that straddles the English-Welsh border: the bridges over the River Severn at Montford, Buildwas and Bewdley all completed in the 1780's.
		Telford then left for Scotland, where he was responsible for the Caledonian Canal that opened up the lowlands to industry; the harbour works at Aberdeen, Dundee and other rapidly growing port cities.
		Telford's works can be seen all over Europe: they include a canal in the English midlands, canal tunnels in the north country, the Gota Canal in Sweden; St. Katherine Docks in London and roads that opened up the Scottish Highlands.
	www.britannia.com /bios/telford.html (559 words)

	Telford, The Life of Thomas Telford - CHAPTER X. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Telford was employed to construct or improve, down to the commencement of the railway era, were the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, in 1818; the Grand Trunk Canal, in 1822; the Harecastle Tunnel, which he constructed anew, in 1824-7; the Birmingham Canal, in 1824; and the Macclesfield, and Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canals, in 1825.
		Mr Telford largely employed cast iron in the construction of this canal, using it in the locks and gates, as well as in an extensive aqueduct which it was necessary to construct over a deep ravine, after the plan pursued by him at, Pont-Cysylltau and other places.
		Telford was the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction, extending from the Birmingham Canal, near Wolverhampton, in nearly a direct line, by Market Drayton, Nantwich, and through the city of Chester, by the Ellesmere Canal, to Ellesmere Port on the Mersey.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/biography/TheLifeofThomasTelford/chap16.html (4444 words)

	Thomas Telford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thomas Telford (1757 - 1834) was born in the Scottish lowlands and was brought up by his mother.
		Telford was a busy man, he became involved in the building of roads and bridges in Scotland and in 1801 started to survey the line for the Caledonian Canal.
		The road was of national importance: Telford's improvements included straightening the alignment, easing the gradients using cuttings and embankments and the rebuilding of bridges.
	www.webscot.co.uk /greatscots/telford.htm (346 words)

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		Thomas Telford's extensive practice as a bridge-builder led his friend Southey to designate him "Pontifex Maximus." Besides the numerous bridges erected by him in the West of England we have found him furnishing designs for about twelve hundred in the Highlands of various dimensions, some of stone and others of iron.
		Telford applied the same methods in the reconstruction of these roads that he had already adopted in Scotland and Wales and the same improvement was shortly felt in the more easy passage over them of vehicles of all sorts and in the great acceleration of the mail service.
		Thomas Telford afterwards stated to a friend only a few months before his death, that for some time previous to the opening of the bridge his anxiety was so great that he could scarcely sleep, and that a continuance of that condition must have very soon completely undermined his health.
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	Thomas Telford
		Telford was born near Westerkirk, Scotland, August 9, 1757 as a son of a shepherd.
		Telford's reputation was duly confirmed by the next general meeting of the shareholders of the Ellesmere Canal.
		Telford was employed by the government in 1803 to assist the development of the Scottish Highlands.
	www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk /people/telford.htm (1011 words)

	Famous Scots - Thomas Telford the Civil Engineer
		Telford was born into a poor shepherd family on August 9, 1757, at Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire.
		Telford was a likeable and convivial man who was always ready with a story or a joke.
		Telford died on 2 September, 1834 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamtelford.htm (417 words)

	Thomas Telford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		TELFORD, THOMAS, an eminent engineer and constructor of public works, was born about the year 1755, in the parish of Westerkirk in Dumfriesshire.
		Though Mr Telford afterwards abandoned the thriftless trade of versifying, he is said to have retained through life a strong "frater-feeling" for the corps, which he showed in a particular manner on the death of Burns, in exertions for the benefit of his family.
		This is a remarkable fact, which, from the great difficulties he had to overcome in passing through a rugged, hilly, and mountainous district, incontrovertibly establishes his great skill in the engineering department, as well as in the construction of great public communications.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/men/telford_thomas.htm (589 words)

	Thomas Telford Summary
		Telford also supervised construction of the Gotha Canal, which traversed southern Sweden; for that effort he was named to the Swedish order of knighthood.
		Telford began his career as a journeyman stonemason in England, and in 1793 was assigned to build the Ellesmere Canal in Wales.
		Telford's notable works include the Caledonian Canal (1803-23), the London to Holyhead road, his Waterloo Bridge at Betws-y-Coed (1818), his chain-link suspension bridge over the Menai Straits (1819-26), and the St. Katherine's Docks in London (1824-28).
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	Grant Allen : Biographies of Working Men : I. Thomas Telford, Stonemason.
		Her husband, John Telford, was employed in tending sheep on a neighbouring farm, and he and his Janet occupied a small cottage close by, with mud walls and rudely thatched roof, such as in southern England even the humblest agricultural labourer would scarcely consent willingly to inhabit.
		A proud man indeed was Thomas Telford at this change of fortune, and very proudly he wrote to his old friends in Eskdale, with almost boyish delight, about the trust reposed in him by the commissioners and officers, and the pains he was taking with the task entrusted to him.
		Telford had now come to be regarded as the great practical authority upon all that concerned roads or communications; and he was reaping the due money-reward of his diligence and skill.
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	Thomas Telford's Contribution
		Telford was called in to advise on one crisis after another until the available money was all spent with much work still to do at Sharpness.
		When there was concern that sand was accumulating between the entrance piers at Sharpness, Telford gave instructions for reducing the protrusion of the north-east pier and modifying the shape of the other pier to encourage the currents to clear the sand.
		Telford was again involved in January 1825 when he backed the need for further money to pay for additional mud clearing, accommodation for operating staff and two warehouses at the north end of the basin at Gloucester.
	www.gloucesterdocks.me.uk /studies/thomastelford.htm (526 words)

	Thomas Telford
		In 1780 Telford went to Edinburgh, where he was employed in the erection of houses in the "new" town, and occupied much of his spare time in learning architectural drawing.
		In the early years of the 19th century the question of improving the communications in the Highlands of Scotland engaged the attention of the government, and Telford was commissioned to report on the matter.
		In consequence of his recommendations, he was appointed engineer for the Caledonian Canal, which was begun in 1804 and forms one of the largest but by no means the most useful of his undertakings, and also for the construction of 920 miles of roads, a great part through very difficult country.
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	Thomas Telford at AllExperts
		During his later years, Telford was responsible for rebuilding sections of the London to Holyhead road, a task completed by his assistant of ten years, John MacNeill; today, the route is the A5 trunk road.
		At the time of its construction in 1829, Galton Bridge was the longest single span in the world.He also built Whitstable harbour in Kent in 1832,in connection with the Canterbury and Whitstable railway with an unusual system for flushing out mud using a tidal reservoir.
		The borough of Hendrick's Blacksmith in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania changed its name to Telford in 1857, after the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company named its new station there "Telford" in honour of Thomas Telford.
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