William Hazledine was an English ironmaster. Establishing large foundries, he was a pioneer in casting structural ironwork, most notably for canal aqueducts and early suspension bridges. Many of these projects were collaborations with Thomas Telford, including the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the Menai Suspension Bridge.
Shrewsbury Flaxmill-Maltings ironwork supplied by Hazledine
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (1805), designed by Telford, ironwork supplied by Hazledine
Mythe Bridge, Tewkesbury (1826), designed by Telford, ironwork supplied by Hazledine
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