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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Institution of Civil Engineers (redirect from Thomas Telford Ltd)
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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Des Lyttle (section Thomas Telford School)
team coach at York City before becoming the head football coach at Thomas Telford School. Born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Lyttle started his professional...
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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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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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Tommy Flanagan (actor) (redirect from Thomas Flanagan (actor))
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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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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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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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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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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Dunkeld with neighbouring Birnam, and the current bridge, designed by Thomas Telford and financed by the 4th Duke of Atholl, was completed in 1809. The name...
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Ogwen Cottage (section Thomas Telford)
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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A. (1994). Civil Engineering Heritage: Eastern and central England. Thomas Telford. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7277-1970-6. Fort, Tom (2008). Downstream. Century...
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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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Thomas Telford UTC (formerly West Midlands Construction UTC) is a coeducational 11-19s University Technical College (UTC) school located on the Springfield...
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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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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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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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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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natural body of water in Wales even before its level was raised by Thomas Telford to provide water for the Ellesmere Canal (later Llangollen Canal). The...
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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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the mainland is spanned by the Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford in 1826, and the Britannia Bridge, originally designed by Robert Stephenson...
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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. Project Management Institute (2021). A guide...
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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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Caledonian Canal (category Works of Thomas Telford)
was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford. The canal runs some 60 miles (100 kilometres) from northeast to southwest...
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