The Life of Thomas Telford
PREFACE
EARLY ROADS AND MODES OF TRAVELLING.
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.
THE LIFE OF THOMAS TELFORD
CHAPTER I. ESKDALE.
CHAPTER II. LANGHOLM--TELFORD LEARNS THE TRADE OF A STONEMASON.
CHAPTER III. TELFORD A WORKING MASON IN LONDON, AND FOREMAN OF MASONS AT PORTSMOUTH.
CHAPTER IV. BECOMES SURVEYOR FOR THE COUNTY OF SALOP.
CHAPTER V. TELFORD'S FIRST EMPLOYMENT AS AN ENGINEER.
CHAPTER VI. THE ELLESMERE CANAL.
CHAPTER VII. IRON AND 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 BRIDGES.
CHAPTER XIII. DOCKS, DRAINAGE, AND BRIDGES.
CHAPTER XIV. SOUTHEY'S TOUR IN THE HIGHLANDS.
CHAPTER XV. MR. TELFORD'S LATER YEARS--HIS DEATH AND CHARACTER.
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