Thomas Telford, engineer : proceedings of a seminar held at the Coalport China Works Museum, Ironbridge, April 1979, under the auspices of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and Telford Development Corporation / edited by Alastair Penfold ; foreword by Neil Cossons
by Penfold, Alastair
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London : Thomas Telford Ltd., 1980. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 181 pp.: illustrations, maps, plans, portrait ; 24 cm. Contents; Thomas Telford in Shrewsbury : the metamorphosis of an architect into a civil engineer / J.B. Lawson -- The Shrewsbury and Newport canals : construction and remains / A.R.K. Clayton -- The Holyhead Road : an engineering project in its social context / Barrie Trinder -- Telford and the design for a new London Bridge / A.W. Skempton -- Menai Bridge, 1818-26 : evolution of design / Roland A. Paxton -- Telford and steam carriages / Angus Dalgelish -- Managerial organization on the Caledonian Canal, 1803-22 / Alastair Penfold -- Telford's highland bridges / John R. Hume. Subjects; Telford, Thomas 1757-1834 ; Congresses. Civil engineers Great Britain ; Biography ; Congresses. Biography.
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- Title
- Thomas Telford, engineer : proceedings of a seminar held at the Coalport China Works Museum, Ironbridge, April 1979, under the auspices of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and Telford Development Corporation / edited by Alastair Penfold ; foreword by Neil Cossons
- Author
- Penfold, Alastair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0727700847
- ISBN 13
- 9780727700841
- Publisher
- London : Thomas Telford Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
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