James Walker was an influential British civil engineer and contractor.
James Walker
James Walker's grave, St Johns, Edinburgh
The Greenland Dock memorial
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, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed the Colossus of Roads, and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he held for 14 years until his death.
Thomas Telford
Portrait and signature of Thomas Telford
A canal boat traverses the Pontcysyllte aqueduct in North Wales
Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct in Shropshire