Chirk Aqueduct
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Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England–Wales border, spanning the two
Chirk Aqueduct and the railway viaduct behind it
Looking towards Wales along the aqueduct. The entrance to the Chirk Tunnel is visible behind it.
Looking towards England along the aqueduct
Thomas Telford
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Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, a
Chirk Aqueduct
…Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England–Wales border, spanning the two countries. The aqueduct was designed by civil engineer Thomas Telford for the Ellesmere Canal. The resident engineer was M. Davidson who also acted as resident engineer on a number of Telford's other works. The foundation…
c. 1803 portrait of Telford by Henry Raeburn
1792 portrait of Telford
A canal boat traverses the Pontcysyllte aqueduct in North Wales
Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct in Shropshire