Thomas Telford - The Great Designer

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2 of Thomas Telford's design achievements - Menai Bridge and Pontcysyllte aqueduct.

Two examples of Thomas Telford's design achievements in Wales - the Menai Bridge, completed in 1826, connecting Anglesey to mainland Wales for the first time, and the Pontcysyllte aqueduct which carried the Llangollen canal over the River Dee.
From: Local Heroes Wales
First broadcast : 03 February 1997

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14

Subject : History

Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain

Keywords : Thomas Telford

Notes : Can use this clip as part of a study of industrial Wales, history of Welsh transport, Thomas Telford, the history of the Pontcysyllte aqueduct or the history of Anglesey,

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