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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...
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    Telford (/ˈtɛlfərd/ ) is a town in Shropshire, England. It is the administrative centre of Telford and Wrekin borough, a unitary authority which covers...
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    made little headway until a key step was taken – the appointment of Thomas Telford as the first President of the body. Greatly respected within the profession...
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    Macadam (redirect from Telford pavement)
    slope. Thomas Telford, born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, was a surveyor and engineer who applied Tresaguet's road building theories. In 1801 Telford worked...
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  • Thomas Telford School is a City Technology College in Telford, Shropshire and is sponsored by The Mercers Company and Tarmac Holdings Limited. The school...
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    The Thomas Telford House is a historic house near Limestone, Tennessee, U.S.. The house was built in 1815 for Thomas Telford, a settler who died in 1816...
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    Thomas Flanagan (born 3 July 1965) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role as Filip "Chibs" Telford in the FX crime drama television series...
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    Galton Bridge (category Bridges by Thomas Telford)
    structure has been pedestrianised since the 1970s. It was built by Thomas Telford to carry a road across the new main line of the Birmingham Canal, which...
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    Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (category Bridges by Thomas Telford)
    connections or links. The aqueduct was designed by civil engineers Thomas Telford and William Jessop for a location near an 18th-century road crossing...
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    Transport systems, Volume 4. Vol. 108. Thomas Telford. p. 22. ISBN 9780727720245. The Channel Tunnel: Terminals. Thomas Telford. 1993. ISBN 978-0-7277-1939-3....
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  • Zoe Telford is an English actress. Telford was born in Norwich, England. She started training as a dancer at a very young age and continued until she was...
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    to design a replacement for the medieval bridge. Entrants included Thomas Telford; he proposed a single iron arch span of 600 feet (180 m), with 65 feet...
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    A5 road (Great Britain) (category Works of Thomas Telford)
    for establishing the new route was awarded to the famous engineer, Thomas Telford. Through England, the road largely took over existing turnpike roads...
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    Civil Engineers and Held in Stratford-upon-Avon on 24–26 April 1990. Thomas Telford. 1990. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-727-71591-3. Moran 2005, p. 99. "Plan for...
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    by Thomas Telford. This mammoth project started in 1815 and it was 1836 by the time the first mail coach crossed the Menai Straits via Telford's bridge...
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    staircase lock comprising eight locks on the Caledonian Canal. Built by Thomas Telford between 1803 and 1822, it is the longest staircase lock in Britain....
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    following a bequest made by Thomas Telford, the ICE's first president. It can be awarded in gold, silver or bronze; the Telford Gold Medal is the highest...
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    maintenance of railway track. Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-1930-0. Wood, Alan Muir (2004). Civil Engineering in Context. Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-3257-9. Media...
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    Railroad) named its new station there after civil engineer Thomas Telford. The Borough of Telford was incorporated by decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions...
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    ISSN 0065-0668. Morris, Peter W. G. (1997) [1994]. The Management of Projects. Thomas Telford. ISBN 978-0-7277-2593-6. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge...
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    Pulteney was also a patron of architect Robert Adam and civil engineer Thomas Telford. He also owned slave plantations in British America. William Johnstone...
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    Baldwin, Robert (2004). "72". In Thomas Telford (ed.). The Motorway Achievement. Vol. I (One ed.). London: Thomas Telford. pp. 836–. ISBN 978-0-7277-3196-8...
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    Structures. Thomas Telford Publishing. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7277-3610-9. Starossek, Uwe (2009). Progressive Collapse of Structures. Thomas Telford Publishing...
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    highway bridges. London: Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-3241-2. OCLC 53389159. Fryba, L. (2009). Dynamics of railway bridges. Thomas Telford. ISBN 978-0-7277-3956-8...
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    and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton. The road was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in 1821. The pass carries the A57 road between Manchester...
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  • Telford is a town in Shropshire, England. Telford also commonly refers to Thomas Telford (1757–1834), Scottish civil engineer, namesake of the town Telford...
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    hydromechanics. London: Thomas Telford Publishing. doi:10.1680/tapoh.45217.0005. ISBN 978-0-7277-4521-7. Retrieved 28 July 2023. "Obituary: Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887)"...
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    Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor. It has a population of 3,376. There...
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    Dawley (category Telford)
    1968 to name the new town as 'Telford', after the engineer and road-builder Thomas Telford. Dawley now forms part of Telford whose town centre is north of...
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    Scotland: Highlands and islands. Thomas Telford. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-0-7277-3488-4. Thomas 1971, pp. 95–96 Thomas 1971, pp. 177–178 Awdry, Christopher...
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