Telford was also the general agent - his job includinghanding the written publicity for the Llangollen - a side that Jessop had no interest in. His handouts for the opening of the aqueduct are very revealing. Read also his comments on the completed 2nd Harecastle tunnel he built to see how much he thought of his work and how he was willing to tell the world how good he thought it was.
--- On Wed, 20/1/10, Steve Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Hayes <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Llangollen Canal To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 20 January, 2010, 0:12 Having read the Hadfield book my money is on Jessop. He had previous experience on iron, through the Butterly Company, Telford had none. It's a while since I read the book but I seem to remember that most of the 'facts' about Telford come from a biography written by his supporters. Steve PS He also engineered the Slea! --- On Tue, 19/1/10, edi...@navvies. demon.co. uk <edi...@navvies. demon.co. uk> wrote: From: edi...@navvies. demon.co. uk <edi...@navvies. demon.co. uk> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Llangollen Canal To: canals-list@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, 19 January, 2010, 14:31 mykas...@gmail. com wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Mack, David <david.mack@ sdgworld .net> > wrote: > > Pete wrote: > >> > >>Take care over there everybody please (:-) > > > > Like this? > > http://grandunionca nalcarrying. co.uk/march03/ march03048. jpg > > > Don't jump Martin! > The things that man will do for a story :-) "...and looking at the blur of gray as Telford's (*) masterpiece accelerates past me at a dizzying 9.81 m/s/s, it's hard to believe that this is over 200 years... crump." (*) or Jessop's. Take your pick. And your stonemason's chisel, mallet, trowel... Martin L [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
