Thomas Telford - Wikipedia
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 in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels.
Thomas Telford | Biography, Bridges, & Facts | Britannica
Thomas Telford (born August 9, 1757, near Westerkirk, Dumfries, Scotland—died September 2, 1834, London, England) was a versatile Scottish civil engineer whose crowning achievement was the design and construction (1819–26) of the Menai Bridge in Wales.
Thomas Telford | ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
Thomas Telford 1757 – 1834 During his prodigious life, Thomas Telford was credited with building over 1,000 miles of roadway, 1,000 bridges, 40 harbors and piers, and numerous canals.
Thomas Telford Biography - Interesting Engineering
Thomas Telford, born in 1757, was a pioneering Scottish civil engineer, architect, and stonemason, renowned for revolutionizing road and bridge construction.
Thomas Telford - Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame
Telford was undoubtedly one of the greatest civil engineers of all time. His development of infrastructure in the Scottish Highlands created trade and wealth opportunities for what had been a remote and impoverished part of the nation.
Thomas Telford | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
Thomas Telford, civil engineer who lived 1757-1834, was the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Thomas Telford, the Father of Civil Engineering, is renowned for his pioneering work on roads, bridges, and canals that helped shape modern infrastructure.
Thomas Telford - New World Encyclopedia
Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 – September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. He was a stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. He was known to thoroughly test his materials before beginning any new construction.
Thomas Telford - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. One of his earliest works can still be seen on the bridge across the River Esk in Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway. From 1787 he designed churches, roads and canals in Shropshire.
Thomas Telford - Encyclopedia.com
2018年6月27日 · Telford, Thomas (1757–1834) Scottish civil engineer who built roads, bridges, canals, docks, and harbours. His most notable achievements were the Caledonian Canal in Scotland , and the 177m (580ft) Menai Strait suspension bridge, connecting Anglesey with mainland Wales .
Thomas Telford: Biography | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
The Scotsman who laid the foundations of industrial Britain, the Colossus of Roads, the godfather of civil engineering, Thomas Telford even had a town named after him. So why has he been all but forgotten?