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THE LIFE OF THOMAS TELFORD

THE BEGINNING   Telford's Native District    Telford's Birthplace    Crooks Cottage

Westerkirk Church & School    Learns Stonemason's trade   Journeyman at Langholm

Valley of Eskdale    A working mason in London    Surveyor for Salop

Collapse of St Chad's Church    A Typical Working Day    FIRST EMPLOYMENT AS AN ENGINEER

The Ellesmere Canal    Pont-Cysyllte Aqueduct    Return visit to Eskdale    Iron and other Bridges

Road Bridges    Proposed One-arched Bridge over the Thames    Bewdley Bridge

Bridging the Dee    ROADS AND BRIDGES BUILT IN THE HIGHLANDS    Craig-Ellachie Bridge

BUILDING SCOTTISH HARBOURS    Peterhead, Frazerburgh, Banff and other Harbours     Caledonian Canal

Lock Caledonian Canal    Harecastle Tunnel    Galton Bridge - Birmingham Canal    TELFORD THE ROAD-MAKER

Fiddler's Burn Bridge    Road to Nant Francon, North Wales    The Menai and Conway Bridges

Constructing the Menai Bridge    Conway Suspension Bridge    Docks, Drainage and Bridges

Dean Bridge, Edinburgh    Glasgow Bridge    Draining The Fens    Southey's Tour of the Highlands

TELFORD'S FINAL YEARS