Thomas Telford FRS FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels.

Thomas Telford (born August 9, 1757, near Westerkirk, Dumfries, Scotland—died September 2, 1834, London, England) was a versatile Scottish civil engineer whose crowning achievement was the design and construction (1819–26) of the Menai Bridge in Wales.

Thomas Telford 1757 – 1834 During his prodigious life, Thomas Telford was credited with building over 1,000 miles of roadway, 1,000 bridges, 40 harbors and piers, and numerous canals.

Telford was undoubtedly one of the greatest civil engineers of all time. His development of infrastructure in the Scottish Highlands created trade and wealth opportunities for what had been a remote and impoverished part of the nation.

Thomas Telford, civil engineer who lived 1757-1834, was the first President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Thomas Telford, the Father of Civil Engineering, is renowned for his pioneering work on roads, bridges, and canals that helped shape modern infrastructure.

Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer and architect, famously dubbed as the ‘Colossus of Roads’. He was a trained stonemason and a noted builder of roads, bridges and canals. He came from a very poor family and went on to become the godfather of civil engineering.

2007年1月19日 · Thomas Telford died at the age of 77 and was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey. Thomas Telford was one of the most prolific engineers of his day. We have put together a timeline...