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THEN AND THERE SERIES GENERAL EDITOR
MARJORIE REEVES

Thomas Telford and the
Transport Revolution
A D CAMERON

Illustrated from contemporary sources

LONGMAN

First published 1979
Second impression 1981
ISBN 582 22119 6

Card-backed paperback in VG condition published in 1981 - 96 printed pages - size: 5" x 7½" approx
Includes black and white photographs and illustrations - minor shelfwear to covers - all pages clean and binding tight
Rear right corner has small stain (to lower card cover only)

Contents

TO THE READER page 5

1 `TO BE THAT SOMEBODY ...' page 7
2 THE EARLY DAYS: MENDING ROADS AND CUTTING CANALS page 15
3 RIVER AND CANAL IN SHROPSHIRE page 20
4 THE CALEDONIAN AND OTHER BIG CANALS page 34
5 ROADS WHERE NONE HAD BEEN BEFORE page 47
6 ROADS BETTER THAN TURNPIKES page' 57
7 THE GREAT BRIDGES page 64
8 THE NEW ENGINEERS page 73
9 TELFORD AND THE COACHING AND CANAL AGE page 79

HOW DO WE KNOW? page 87
THINGS TO DO page 89
GLOSSARY page 91
INDEX page 95

Index
Aqueducts, 28-9, 37-9, 67
Barton, 18-19
Pont Cysyllte, 29-32, 37, 82
Bridge-building, 69-72, 77
Bridges, 16, 38-40, 62-3, 64-72
Scottish, 1o, 49-52, 67-8, 77, 84
Suspension, 31, 69-72, 79
Brindley, James, 17-19, 73, 82
Canal-cutting, 17, 19, 38
Canals, 6, 17-19, 25, 31-4, 82-3
English, 25-33, 45-6, 67, 75, 82-3
Gotha, 44-5, 82
Scottish, 35-44, 51, 75, 82-4
Coaches, 17, 51-6, 57-9, 61, 72, 79, 81-2
Coalbrookdale, 23-5, 64-6
Darby, Abraham, (2) 23, 64-6
Davidson, Matthew, 30, 37, 64, 74-6
Edinburgh, 11-12, 17
Harecastle Tunnel, 19, 45, 82
Highlanders, 34-5, 38, 40-4,'52
Holyhead, 57-60, 62-3, 79-81
Horses, 12, 15-17, 21-4, 31-2, 52-5, 63, 80, 84
Iron, 23-5, 28-32, 39-41, 64-9
Ironbridge, 23, 64-6
Jessop, William, 27, 28-30, 73, 82
Locks, 19, 25, 29, 36-9
Locomotives, 6, 82, 84-6
London, 12, 15-16, 51, 57, 62, 66-7, 74, 77-9
McAdam, John L., 61
Metcalf, John, t 7
Parliamentary Roads, 56, 60
Railways, 6, 40, 69, 81-6
Rennie, John, 37, 67, 73, 75, 82
Rhodes, Thomas, 39, 67, 71-2, 75, 77
Road-making, 47, 49-51, 61-3, 73, 79
Sailing ships, 5, 20-1, 35-7, 44, 57, 69
Severn, River, 19, 20-3, 25-7, 64-6
Shrewsbury, 13-14, 20, 22-3, 27, 51, 57, 62, 64, 74, 79
Simpson, John, 37-8, 64
Steamboats, 44, 84
Steam engines, 41, 84
Stephenson, George, 81-2, 86
Toll-gates and houses, 16, 17, 56, 62, 81
Turnpike trusts and roads, 16-17, 34,57,60-2

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