Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I OLD ROADS
- CHAPTER II EARLY MODES OF CONVEYANCE
- CHAPTER III MANNERS AND CUSTOMS INFLUENCED BY THE STATE OF THE ROADS
- CHAPTER IV ROADS AND TRAVELLING IN SCOTLAND IN THE LAST CENTURY
- CHAPTER V ROADS AND TRAVELLING IN ENGLAND TOWARDS THE END OF LAST CENTURY
- CHAPTER VI JOHN METCALF, ROAD-MAKER
- LIFE OF THOMAS TELFORD
- CHAPTER I ESKDALE
- CHAPTER II LANGHOLM — TELFORD A STONEMASON
- CHAPTER III WORKING MASON IN LONDON, AND FOREMAN AT PORTSMOUTH
- CHAPTER IV SURVEYOR FOR THE COUNTY OF SALOP
- CHAPTER V FIRST EMPLOYMENT AS ENGINEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ELLESMERE CANAL
- CHAPTER VII IRON AND OTHER BRIDGES
- CHAPTER VIII HIGHLAND ROADS AND BRIDGES
- CHAPTER IX TELFORD'S SCOTCH HARBOURS
- CHAPTER X CALEDONIAN AND OTHER CANALS
- CHAPTER XI TELFORD AS A ROAD-MAKER
- CHAPTER XII THE MENAI AND CONWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGES
- CHAPTER XIII DOCKS, DRAINAGE, AND BRIDGES
- CHAPTER XIV SOUTHEY'S TOUR IN THE HIGHLANDS
- CHAPTER XV TELFORD'S LATER YEARS — DEATH AND CHARACTER
- INDEX
CHAPTER XII - THE MENAI AND CONWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I OLD ROADS
- CHAPTER II EARLY MODES OF CONVEYANCE
- CHAPTER III MANNERS AND CUSTOMS INFLUENCED BY THE STATE OF THE ROADS
- CHAPTER IV ROADS AND TRAVELLING IN SCOTLAND IN THE LAST CENTURY
- CHAPTER V ROADS AND TRAVELLING IN ENGLAND TOWARDS THE END OF LAST CENTURY
- CHAPTER VI JOHN METCALF, ROAD-MAKER
- LIFE OF THOMAS TELFORD
- CHAPTER I ESKDALE
- CHAPTER II LANGHOLM — TELFORD A STONEMASON
- CHAPTER III WORKING MASON IN LONDON, AND FOREMAN AT PORTSMOUTH
- CHAPTER IV SURVEYOR FOR THE COUNTY OF SALOP
- CHAPTER V FIRST EMPLOYMENT AS ENGINEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ELLESMERE CANAL
- CHAPTER VII IRON AND OTHER BRIDGES
- CHAPTER VIII HIGHLAND ROADS AND BRIDGES
- CHAPTER IX TELFORD'S SCOTCH HARBOURS
- CHAPTER X CALEDONIAN AND OTHER CANALS
- CHAPTER XI TELFORD AS A ROAD-MAKER
- CHAPTER XII THE MENAI AND CONWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGES
- CHAPTER XIII DOCKS, DRAINAGE, AND BRIDGES
- CHAPTER XIV SOUTHEY'S TOUR IN THE HIGHLANDS
- CHAPTER XV TELFORD'S LATER YEARS — DEATH AND CHARACTER
- INDEX
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- The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil EngineerWith an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain, pp. 262 - 279Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014