Thomas Telford, engineer : proceedings of a seminar held at the Coalport China Works Museum, Ironbridge, April 1979, under the auspices of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and Telford Development Corporation / edited by Alastair Penfold ; foreword by Neil Cossons

London : Thomas Telford Ltd., 1980. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 181 pp.: illustrations, maps, plans, portrait ; 24 cm. Contents; Thomas Telford in Shrewsbury : the metamorphosis of an architect into a civil engineer / J.B. Lawson -- The Shrewsbury and Newport canals : construction and remains / A.R.K. Clayton -- The Holyhead Road : an engineering project in its social context / Barrie Trinder -- Telford and the design for a new London Bridge / A.W. Skempton -- Menai Bridge, 1818-26 : evolution of design / Roland A. Paxton -- Telford and steam carriages / Angus Dalgelish -- Managerial organization on the Caledonian Canal, 1803-22 / Alastair Penfold -- Telford's highland bridges / John R. Hume. Subjects; Telford, Thomas 1757-1834 ; Congresses. Civil engineers Great Britain ; Biography ; Congresses. Biography.