The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer: With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer: With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainFrom this volume, read in connection with the Lives of George and Robert Stephenson, in which the origin and extension Of Railways is described, an idea may be formed of the extraordinary progress which has been made in Opening up the internal communications of this country during the last century.Among the principal works executed by Telford in the course of his life, were the great highways constructed by him in North Wales and the Scotch Highlands, through districts formerly almost inaccessible, but which are now as easily traversed as any English county.By means of these roads, and the facilities afforded by railways, the many are now enabled to visit with ease and comfort magnificent mountain scenery, which before was only the costly privilege of the few; at the same time that their construction has exercised a most beneficial influence on the population of the districts themselves.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.