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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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civil engineer Thomas Telford. An (incomplete) list of these may be found here. Among those Telford bridges known by the name Telford Bridge are: the...
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Bridge (Pont Grog y Borth), which was completed in 1826 to a design by Thomas Telford and carries the A5 road, and the Britannia Bridge (Pont Britannia) a...
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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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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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Thomas Telford Ltd., History of NEC, accessed 3 September 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd., NEC Contracts, accessed 25 August 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd.,...
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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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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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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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highway bridges. London: Thomas Telford. ISBN 0727732412. OCLC 53389159. Fryba, L. (2009). Dynamics of railway bridges. Thomas Telford. ISBN 9780727739568...
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Wallace's works include the following: A bronze statue of Thomas Telford, in Telford Square in Telford, Shropshire, was unveiled in 1988 by William Francis...
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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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