Thomas TelfordFRS, FRSE (1757–1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads, and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he retained for 14 years until his death.
Early career
Telford was born on 9 August 1757 at Glendinning, a hill farm 3 miles west of Eskdalemuir Kirk, in the rural parish of Westerkirk, in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. His father John Telford, a shepherd, died soon after Thomas was born. Thomas was raised in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson (died 1794).
At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and some of his earliest work can still be seen on the bridge across the River Esk in Langholm in the Scottish borders. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1782 he moved to London where, after meeting architects Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers, he was involved in building additions to Somerset House there. Two years later he found work at Portsmouth dockyard and — although still largely self-taught — was extending his talents to the specification, design and management of building projects.
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Telfordi/ˈtɛlfərd/ is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about 13 miles (21km) east of Shrewsbury, and 30 miles (48km) west of Birmingham. With an estimated population (for the borough) of 170,300 in 2010 and around 155,000 in Telford itself, Telford is the largest town in Shropshire, and one of the fastest-growing towns in the United Kingdom.
It is named after civil engineerThomas Telford, who engineered many road and rail projects in Shropshire. The town was put together in the 1960s and 1970s as a new town on previously industrial and agricultural land and smaller towns. Like other planned towns of the era, Telford was created from the merger of other, smaller settlements, most notably the towns of Wellington, Oakengates, Madeley and Dawley. Most of the new town's inhabitants were originally from Birmingham or Wolverhampton.
Nicholas Rush (portrayed by Robert Carlyle) is an expert in Ancient technology. His research was hindered while he was married to Gloria Rush. Since her death, he has become more dedicated to science. He spearheads the Icarus Project, his main priority being to explore the mystery behind the ninth chevron of the Stargate. Rush was stationed at the Icarus Base in 2009, in order to do research on the ninth chevron. During an attack on the base, Rush and Eli Wallace figure out how to dial the ninth chevron, and are responsible for sending the remaining Icarus personnel to an Ancient ship known as the Destiny, a spaceship situated in a far-away galaxy, with no way of returning to Earth. Rush is greatly obsessed with completing Destiny's mission and won't let anyone stop him.
Writer, Julian Glover, gives a wonderful account of engineer Thomas Telford, or ‘The Colossus of Roads’ as he was known. We learn about Telford as a young boy guarding sheep in the Borders right through to him becoming one of Britain's greatest civil engineers and the first President of The Institution of Civil Engineers.
To learn more about the Telford's roads click here: https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/telfords-roads
published: 14 May 2018
Thomas Telford - Road to the Abbey
This is the amazing story of Thomas Telford's life from humble beginnings in the remote Scottish Boarders to being buried in Westminster Abbey. He was the first and probably the finest civil engineer of the industrial revolution and in this short documentary we look at some of his many projects that are stil in use.
published: 25 Aug 2016
Thomas Telford: The man, the work, the legacy
A brief video celebrating the life of Thomas Telford to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.
This film has been produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers
published: 07 Oct 2008
Thomas Telford School 6th Form Information Video 2021
published: 17 Dec 2020
HISTORY - Thomas Telford - Julian Glover
Thomas Telford began as a shepherd boy and became one of the most influential engineers of British history. Julian Glover timelines his life and work.
published: 29 Nov 2017
Thomas Telford - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page biography
Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads (a pun on the Colossus of Rhodes), and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he retained for 14 years until his death.
Telford was born on 9 August 1757 at ...
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Writer, Julian Glover, gives a wonderful account of engineer Thomas Telford, or ‘The Colossus of Roads’ as he was known. We learn about Telford as a young boy g...
Writer, Julian Glover, gives a wonderful account of engineer Thomas Telford, or ‘The Colossus of Roads’ as he was known. We learn about Telford as a young boy guarding sheep in the Borders right through to him becoming one of Britain's greatest civil engineers and the first President of The Institution of Civil Engineers.
To learn more about the Telford's roads click here: https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/telfords-roads
Writer, Julian Glover, gives a wonderful account of engineer Thomas Telford, or ‘The Colossus of Roads’ as he was known. We learn about Telford as a young boy guarding sheep in the Borders right through to him becoming one of Britain's greatest civil engineers and the first President of The Institution of Civil Engineers.
To learn more about the Telford's roads click here: https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/telfords-roads
This is the amazing story of Thomas Telford's life from humble beginnings in the remote Scottish Boarders to being buried in Westminster Abbey. He was the firs...
This is the amazing story of Thomas Telford's life from humble beginnings in the remote Scottish Boarders to being buried in Westminster Abbey. He was the first and probably the finest civil engineer of the industrial revolution and in this short documentary we look at some of his many projects that are stil in use.
This is the amazing story of Thomas Telford's life from humble beginnings in the remote Scottish Boarders to being buried in Westminster Abbey. He was the first and probably the finest civil engineer of the industrial revolution and in this short documentary we look at some of his many projects that are stil in use.
A brief video celebrating the life of Thomas Telford to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.
This film has been produced by the Institution of Civil...
A brief video celebrating the life of Thomas Telford to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.
This film has been produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers
A brief video celebrating the life of Thomas Telford to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.
This film has been produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page biography
Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stone...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page biography
Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads (a pun on the Colossus of Rhodes), and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he retained for 14 years until his death.
Telford was born on 9 August 1757 at Glendinning, a hill farm 3 miles east of Eskdalemuir Kirk, in the rural parish of Westerkirk, in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. His father John Telford, a shepherd, died soon after Thomas was born. Thomas was raised in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson (died 1794).
At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and some of his earliest work can still be seen on the bridge across the River Esk in Langholm in the Scottish borders. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1782 he moved to London where, after meeting architects Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers, he was involved in building additions to Somerset House there. Two years later he found work at Portsmouth dockyard and — although still largely self-taught — was extending his talents to the specification, design and management of building projects.
In 1787, through his wealthy patron William Pulteney, he became Surveyor of Public Works in Shropshire. Civil engineering was a discipline still in its infancy, so Telford was set on establishing himself as an architect. His projects included renovation of Shrewsbury Castle, the town's prison (during the planning of which he met leading prison reformer John Howard), the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth and another church, St Michael, in Madeley. Called in to advise on a leaking roof at St Chad's Church Shrewsbury in 1788, he warned the church was in imminent danger of collapse; his reputation was made locally when it collapsed 3 days later, but he was not the architect for its replacement.
As the Shropshire county surveyor, Telford was also responsible for bridges. In 1790 he designed a bridge carrying the London–Holyhead road over the River Severn at Montford, the first of some 40 bridges he built in Shropshire, including major crossings of the Severn at Buildwas, and Bridgnorth. The bridge at Buildwas was Telford's first iron bridge. He was influenced by Abraham Darby's bridge at Ironbridge, and observed that it was grossly over-designed for its function, and many of the component parts were poorly cast. By contrast, his bridge was 30 ft (10 m) wider in span and half the weight, although it now no longer exists. He was one of the first engineers to test his materials thoroughly before construction. As his engineering prowess grew, Telford was to return to this material repeatedly.
In 1795 the bridge at Bewdley in Worcestershire was swept away in the winter floods and Telford was responsible for the design of its replacement. The same winter floods saw the bridge at Tenbury also swept away. This bridge across the River Teme was the joint responsibility of both Worcestershire and Shropshire and the bridge has a bend where the two counties meet. Telford was responsible for the repair to the northern (Shropshire) end of the bridge.
Telford's reputation in Shropshire led to his appointment in 1793 to manage the detailed design and construction of the Ellesmere Canal, linking the ironworks and collieries of Wrexham via the north-west Shropshire town of Ellesmere, with Chester, utilising the existing Chester Canal, and then the River Mersey.
Among other structures, this involved the spectacular Pontcysyllte Aqueductover the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen, where Telford used a new method of construction consisting of troughs made from cast iron plates and fixed in masonry. Extending for over 1,000 feet (300 m) with an altitude of 126 feet (38 m) above the valley floor, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct consists of nineteen arches, each with a forty-five foot span. Being a pioneer in the use of cast-iron for large scaled structures, Telford had to invent new techniques, such as using boiling sugar and lead as a sealant on the iron connections. Eminent canal engineer William Jessop oversaw the project, but he left the detailed execution of the project in Telford's hands. The aqueduct was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page biography
Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads (a pun on the Colossus of Rhodes), and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he retained for 14 years until his death.
Telford was born on 9 August 1757 at Glendinning, a hill farm 3 miles east of Eskdalemuir Kirk, in the rural parish of Westerkirk, in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. His father John Telford, a shepherd, died soon after Thomas was born. Thomas was raised in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson (died 1794).
At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and some of his earliest work can still be seen on the bridge across the River Esk in Langholm in the Scottish borders. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1782 he moved to London where, after meeting architects Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers, he was involved in building additions to Somerset House there. Two years later he found work at Portsmouth dockyard and — although still largely self-taught — was extending his talents to the specification, design and management of building projects.
In 1787, through his wealthy patron William Pulteney, he became Surveyor of Public Works in Shropshire. Civil engineering was a discipline still in its infancy, so Telford was set on establishing himself as an architect. His projects included renovation of Shrewsbury Castle, the town's prison (during the planning of which he met leading prison reformer John Howard), the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth and another church, St Michael, in Madeley. Called in to advise on a leaking roof at St Chad's Church Shrewsbury in 1788, he warned the church was in imminent danger of collapse; his reputation was made locally when it collapsed 3 days later, but he was not the architect for its replacement.
As the Shropshire county surveyor, Telford was also responsible for bridges. In 1790 he designed a bridge carrying the London–Holyhead road over the River Severn at Montford, the first of some 40 bridges he built in Shropshire, including major crossings of the Severn at Buildwas, and Bridgnorth. The bridge at Buildwas was Telford's first iron bridge. He was influenced by Abraham Darby's bridge at Ironbridge, and observed that it was grossly over-designed for its function, and many of the component parts were poorly cast. By contrast, his bridge was 30 ft (10 m) wider in span and half the weight, although it now no longer exists. He was one of the first engineers to test his materials thoroughly before construction. As his engineering prowess grew, Telford was to return to this material repeatedly.
In 1795 the bridge at Bewdley in Worcestershire was swept away in the winter floods and Telford was responsible for the design of its replacement. The same winter floods saw the bridge at Tenbury also swept away. This bridge across the River Teme was the joint responsibility of both Worcestershire and Shropshire and the bridge has a bend where the two counties meet. Telford was responsible for the repair to the northern (Shropshire) end of the bridge.
Telford's reputation in Shropshire led to his appointment in 1793 to manage the detailed design and construction of the Ellesmere Canal, linking the ironworks and collieries of Wrexham via the north-west Shropshire town of Ellesmere, with Chester, utilising the existing Chester Canal, and then the River Mersey.
Among other structures, this involved the spectacular Pontcysyllte Aqueductover the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen, where Telford used a new method of construction consisting of troughs made from cast iron plates and fixed in masonry. Extending for over 1,000 feet (300 m) with an altitude of 126 feet (38 m) above the valley floor, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct consists of nineteen arches, each with a forty-five foot span. Being a pioneer in the use of cast-iron for large scaled structures, Telford had to invent new techniques, such as using boiling sugar and lead as a sealant on the iron connections. Eminent canal engineer William Jessop oversaw the project, but he left the detailed execution of the project in Telford's hands. The aqueduct was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.
Writer, Julian Glover, gives a wonderful account of engineer Thomas Telford, or ‘The Colossus of Roads’ as he was known. We learn about Telford as a young boy guarding sheep in the Borders right through to him becoming one of Britain's greatest civil engineers and the first President of The Institution of Civil Engineers.
To learn more about the Telford's roads click here: https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/telfords-roads
This is the amazing story of Thomas Telford's life from humble beginnings in the remote Scottish Boarders to being buried in Westminster Abbey. He was the first and probably the finest civil engineer of the industrial revolution and in this short documentary we look at some of his many projects that are stil in use.
A brief video celebrating the life of Thomas Telford to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.
This film has been produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page biography
Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads (a pun on the Colossus of Rhodes), and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he retained for 14 years until his death.
Telford was born on 9 August 1757 at Glendinning, a hill farm 3 miles east of Eskdalemuir Kirk, in the rural parish of Westerkirk, in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. His father John Telford, a shepherd, died soon after Thomas was born. Thomas was raised in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson (died 1794).
At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and some of his earliest work can still be seen on the bridge across the River Esk in Langholm in the Scottish borders. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1782 he moved to London where, after meeting architects Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers, he was involved in building additions to Somerset House there. Two years later he found work at Portsmouth dockyard and — although still largely self-taught — was extending his talents to the specification, design and management of building projects.
In 1787, through his wealthy patron William Pulteney, he became Surveyor of Public Works in Shropshire. Civil engineering was a discipline still in its infancy, so Telford was set on establishing himself as an architect. His projects included renovation of Shrewsbury Castle, the town's prison (during the planning of which he met leading prison reformer John Howard), the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth and another church, St Michael, in Madeley. Called in to advise on a leaking roof at St Chad's Church Shrewsbury in 1788, he warned the church was in imminent danger of collapse; his reputation was made locally when it collapsed 3 days later, but he was not the architect for its replacement.
As the Shropshire county surveyor, Telford was also responsible for bridges. In 1790 he designed a bridge carrying the London–Holyhead road over the River Severn at Montford, the first of some 40 bridges he built in Shropshire, including major crossings of the Severn at Buildwas, and Bridgnorth. The bridge at Buildwas was Telford's first iron bridge. He was influenced by Abraham Darby's bridge at Ironbridge, and observed that it was grossly over-designed for its function, and many of the component parts were poorly cast. By contrast, his bridge was 30 ft (10 m) wider in span and half the weight, although it now no longer exists. He was one of the first engineers to test his materials thoroughly before construction. As his engineering prowess grew, Telford was to return to this material repeatedly.
In 1795 the bridge at Bewdley in Worcestershire was swept away in the winter floods and Telford was responsible for the design of its replacement. The same winter floods saw the bridge at Tenbury also swept away. This bridge across the River Teme was the joint responsibility of both Worcestershire and Shropshire and the bridge has a bend where the two counties meet. Telford was responsible for the repair to the northern (Shropshire) end of the bridge.
Telford's reputation in Shropshire led to his appointment in 1793 to manage the detailed design and construction of the Ellesmere Canal, linking the ironworks and collieries of Wrexham via the north-west Shropshire town of Ellesmere, with Chester, utilising the existing Chester Canal, and then the River Mersey.
Among other structures, this involved the spectacular Pontcysyllte Aqueductover the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen, where Telford used a new method of construction consisting of troughs made from cast iron plates and fixed in masonry. Extending for over 1,000 feet (300 m) with an altitude of 126 feet (38 m) above the valley floor, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct consists of nineteen arches, each with a forty-five foot span. Being a pioneer in the use of cast-iron for large scaled structures, Telford had to invent new techniques, such as using boiling sugar and lead as a sealant on the iron connections. Eminent canal engineer William Jessop oversaw the project, but he left the detailed execution of the project in Telford's hands. The aqueduct was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.
Thomas TelfordFRS, FRSE (1757–1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed The Colossus of Roads, and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he retained for 14 years until his death.
Early career
Telford was born on 9 August 1757 at Glendinning, a hill farm 3 miles west of Eskdalemuir Kirk, in the rural parish of Westerkirk, in Eskdale, Dumfriesshire. His father John Telford, a shepherd, died soon after Thomas was born. Thomas was raised in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson (died 1794).
At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and some of his earliest work can still be seen on the bridge across the River Esk in Langholm in the Scottish borders. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1782 he moved to London where, after meeting architects Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers, he was involved in building additions to Somerset House there. Two years later he found work at Portsmouth dockyard and — although still largely self-taught — was extending his talents to the specification, design and management of building projects.
Images have been circulated of officers wearing gas masks. Related. Punkish Carsley gets ballsy calls right – is it too late to ring Thomas for a chat? ... “It’s been mental,” Jack Loftus, who travelled to the game from Telford, told PA Media ... .
Originally called Dawley in 1963 when it merged many villages in the area, the town was renamed Telford in 1968 after the engineer Thomas Telford ... The Thomas Telford School is a well-rated secondary ...
Thereafter there were many bridges in conjunction with Benaim’s engineers, including a winning entry in 1998 for a lifting footbridge with a timber deck in St Katherine’s dockyard in a grade II-listed dock wall designed by ThomasTelford... READ MORE ... .
That doesn’t seem legal. Can you help? ... This cosy 14-room former rectory is less than a mile from the Offa’s Dyke trail, with plenty of walks from the door as well as castles and attractions nearby (including ThomasTelford’s Pontcysyllte aqueduct) ... .
Many buildings lie empty and in an advanced state of decay – including a 200-year-old church designed by ThomasTelford and UlvaHouse, the former landlord’s pile ... A 200-year-old church designed by Thomas Telford on the island lies empty and disused ... .
Complementing the scene upstream stands ThomasTelford’s fine bridge built between 1804 and 1808, his first big design in Scotland, and the eye-catching art deco power station at Tongland... Thomas ...
Ports, rivers, canals, railways, pilgrims’ pathways ... Beside it is a mountain of scrap metal. the end of all car journeys ... One is the ThomasTelford university technical college – named, aptly, for the colossus of roads ... Mockba ... Mark Thomas/Getty Images ... .
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE ...PASCAL MARANUS/MEDIA DRUM IMAGES ... ALESSANDRO DI MEO/AFP ... It was one of the first major feats of civil engineering undertaken by ThomasTelford and for two centuries it was the tallest navigable aqueduct in the world ... UK.
1 ... Timbrell’s Yard belonged to one of the town’s textile magnates, dyer Thomas Timbrell ... The Taybank is close to Thomas Telford’s arched bridge ... The Tay rushes right outside the front garden, just a stone’s skip away from Thomas Telford’s arched bridge.
Lundy, Devon. The new lighthouse on Lundy Island. GETTY IMAGES ... 3 ... 4 ... It is separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait, which is spanned by ThomasTelford’s majestic 1826 suspension bridge, and the island’s 125-mile coastline is a national landscape.
Still a frequent sight in the older quarters of towns and cities, their durability demonstrates exactly how revolutionary ThomasTelford’s road-laying techniques were.
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