Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for roads, bridges, and canals.
His projects include the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Caledonian Canal.
Telford's name lives on in the English new town named after him and in references to ambitious infrastructure: a Telford-scale undertaking.
- civil engineerPublic works designer
- suspension bridgeSpan hung from overhead cables
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- canal lockGated chamber adjusting water levels
- stonemasonOne who shapes rock
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- canalsGrand Canal, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Erie Canal, canal boat
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- Scotsaye, wee, nae, ken, couldnae