Thomas Telford: An Illustrated Life

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Thomas Telfords genius is reflected in the variety and technical skill of his achievements, most of which are still in use today. But it is perhaps Telfords work on Canals which attracts most attention now: Ellesmere Canal with its aqueducts at Pontcycyllte and Chirk; the Caledonian cutting its way through the Great Glen in Scotland. Telfords appointment as first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers showed that his generation recognised him as the real founder of his profession.

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Rhoda M. Pearce taught history at secondary school level and was for six years a Senior Lecturer in History at Crewe College of Education. Formerly both a deputy head and headmistress, she has edited an archive teaching unit on Thomas Telford and a documentary source book, Canals, for use in schools.