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Industrial
revolutionary
genius

Engineer Thomas Telford (left), painted
in the heyday of his career in 1822 by
Samuel Lane. His designs included:
1 The Menai Bridge (also shown in

box 5) wasn’t the first suspension bridge,
but is arguably the most impressive
2 The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, which

still carries vessels high above the river
Dee over two centuries after it was
completed in 1805
3 St Katharine Docks, London,

as depicted during official opening
celebrations on 25 October 1828
GETTY IMAGES/MARY EVANS/ALAMY east and west coasts of Scotland
4 The 60-mile Caledonian Canal,

completed in 1822, which connects the
5 The Menai Bridge in an 1830
illustration viewing it from Anglesey
6 Göta Canal in Sweden, opened in 1832

to provide a link between Gothenburg
and the Baltic Sea

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