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Thomas Telford FRS FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels.
Thomas Telford was born on a sheep farm in Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire in Scotland on 9 August 1757 to shepherd John Telford and his wife Janet (nee Jackson). He was raised mainly by his mother, after his dad died four months after his birth. He was the second Thomas Telford in the family, but his elder brother of the same name died in infancy.
Jul 16, 2024 · Thomas Telford (1757-1834), engineer Date: 1820, 1825 Held by: East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO), not available at The National Archives Former reference in its original...
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Thomas Telford (born August 9, 1757, near Westerkirk, Dumfries, Scotland—died September 2, 1834, London, England) was a versatile Scottish civil engineer whose crowning achievement was the design and construction (1819–26) of the Menai Bridge in Wales.
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Known as the Colossus of Roads, Thomas Telford was the most prolific designer of highways, bridges, and canals in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Jan 30, 2017 · A stonemason turned architect turned engineer, he built churches, harbours, canals, docks and the famously vertiginous Pontcysyllte aqueduct in Wales. He invented the modern road and created the...
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Thomas Telford, the son of a shepherd, was born in Westerkirk, Scotland in 1757. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a stonemason. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1792, he moved to London where he was involved in building additions to Somerset House.
