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WATERWAYS WORLD SITE OF THE MONTH JANUARY 2002 "Thomas Telford" Born 9 August 1757 at Westerkirk, Scotland Died September 2nd 1834, Buried in Westminster Abbey Thomas Telford worked on the following canals and projects Over 40 bridges in Shropshire including 'Ironbridge' The Ellesmere Canal Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen The Shrewsbury Canal. When the original engineer, Josiah Clowes, died in 1795, Telford succeeded him Water supply works for Liverpool, improvements to London's docklands and the rebuilding of London Bridge(c.1800). The Caledonian Canal along the Great Glen and redesign of sections of the Crinan Canal, some 920 miles of new roads, over a thousand new bridges (including the Craigellachie Bridge), numerous harbour improvements (including works at Aberdeen, Dundee, Peterhead, Wick, Portmahomack and Banff), and 32 new churches. Telford was consulted in 1806 by the King of Sweden about the construction of a canal between Gothenburg and Stockholm. His plans were adopted and construction of the Göta Canal began in 1810. Telford travelled to Sweden at that time to oversee some of the more important initial excavations. Rebuilding sections of the London to Holyhead road. The Menai Suspension Bridge (1819-1826). Conwy Suspension Bridge (1826) St Katharine Docks (1824-1828) close to Tower Bridge in central London The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal The second Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal (1827) The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (today part of the Shropshire Union Canal) 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. In 1820, Telford was appointed the first President of the recently-formed Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he held until his death. UKCanals Ring Owner: Ken Fairhurst Site: UK Canals PREV LIST RANDOM JOIN NEXT Powered by Bravenet UK Waterways web ring member [ See All Sites | Join | Random | << Prev | Next >> ] The author is a member of Mail the Web-master. This site is designed and written by KJF Designs © 2000 - 2009