-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:40 Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Llangollen Canal
[email protected] wrote: > Isn't there a story that a local ironmaster was the real brains behind the >> aqueduct and that Telford took the credit? > I've not heard that. William Hazeldine was the ironmaster who supplied the > ironwork, and had already had some input into the designs before he got the > contract, but the only person I've heard it suggested that Telford may have > unfairly taken credit from as the 'main man' was Jessop. One of Charles Hadfields last books, 'Thomas Telford's Temptation' goes into > this issue, but it's a long time since I read it. It may be an imperfect memory, but there is something in the back of my mind that is nagging me about this. From what I seem to remember, there was some family tie-in between Telford and Hazledine (something about marriage agreements somewhere). Telford wasn't quite sure what to do, but Hazledine persuaded Telford to go for the aqueduct, even going so far as to provide detailsof how to buiikld it. Telford eventually took it on board but it was the building of the long embankment that finally made it work. As I said, this is from memory, so I'm not guaranteeing any accuracy or truth in this - I might even have dreamt it! DaveD ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links Individual Email | Traditional http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
