Talk:Thomas Telford

Ironbridge

I removed the following sentence from the article, because I think it may be untrue. I can find no link between Telford and the iron bridge at Ironbridge. It seems somebody has confused it with the bridge at Montford.

This was the Iron Bridge, completed in 1796, the first all cast-iron structure in the world.

-- user:Heron

The Ironbridge Gorge Museum does say this on their pages "Some of the most notable early engineers including Telford, Boulton and Watt and Trevithick were connected with the Ironbridge Gorge." also "Although he was born in Scotland, Thomas Telford has a particularly close connection with the County of Shropshire, having served as its Surveyor of Public Works from 1787 until his death in the 1830s" This suggests that he might have some responsibility for the bridge if it was not completed until 1796. --jmb 23:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

(a) The obvious connection would be Buildwas bridge, which Telford is undeniably responsible for, but presumably anybody putting up lots of cast-iron structures in Shropshire would have got a least a quote for the work from the local iron-masters

(b) If I recall correctly, the Ironbridge was a privately-owned toll-bridge, not a Public Work; if so there is no reason to postulate an ex officio connectionRjccumbria (talk) 17:23, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Trésaguet

I removed following 'see also' link:

• Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet

Could not see why this needed to be particularly linked to Telford. Rather than linking articles purely on the basis that individuals worked in the same discipline, it would be better to create a category and add them to that.

Paul W 10:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

• fatboy06: Does anyone agree with me that for the Thomas Telford School, it should be mentioned about their involved with the issue of GNVQs?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but this is an article about Thomas Telford, not about the school, so probably not. Maybe someone could create an article about the school instead, if they're really interested? --RFBailey 18:58, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

London to Holyhead Road

Does anyone have a source for the route of the London to Holyhead road? In particular, the comment that the work included "improvements at Barnet and South Mimms" is not consistent with the route of the A5 or Watling Street, neither of which go through Barnet (old A1 and old A6) or South Mimms (old A6). StephenDawson 19:59, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I've now also noticed that the Archway cutting is on the Great North Road (A1), so have been bold and removed all these references, pending a reliable source. StephenDawson 20:04, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

It is something for which a reliable source is needed. However, I know for a fact that Telford's London-Holyhead is a lot more complicated than just following the A5. For instance, it passes through the West Midlands, through Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. There is a pub called the "Halfway House" on the A41 road in Wolverhampton, so-called because it is halfway between London and Holyhead along Telford's route. Sadly, I don't have a reliable source for any of this! --RFBailey 19:37, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Engineer in demand - relationship to Wikipedia editors

Is it really appropriate to have a comment that Telford is one editor's great great great great uncle? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.142.191.253 (talk)

Free ODNB access

FYI:

New for August: on the 250th anniversary of Thomas Telford's birth, a guide to engineering greats who went under, over and through. http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/info/freeodnb/magazine/

Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 09:53, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Telford the Poet

I feel that this article has become imbalanced with the inclusion of 4 verses of an indifferent poem. Telford was an amateur scribbler (and the quality of this example confirms it). His renown was as the world's most eminent civil engineer for about 15 years between the death of Rennie and hos own death. Telford's poetry also appears in published collection held in the library of the Institution of Civil Engineers so this is not newly uncovered information (which just might have justified its inclusion).

I have referred to Telford's poem on Burns as offering remarkable foresight of annual Burns' Suppers, but that still doesn't justify it taking up a third or so of the space within the article. Gordon Masterton (talk) 21:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)