Telford, Thomas, (1757-1834), civil engineer

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Surname:	Telford
Forenames:	Thomas
Gender:	Male
Date:	1757-1834
History:	Engineer. Constructed the Caledonian Canal, the Gotha Canal and over 900 miles of roads and railways in the northern counties. 1st president of the Institute of Engineers.
Biography:	ODNB link for Telford, Thomas (1757-1834), civil engineer
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275370 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P144465 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Thomas Telford

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1772-1951: Holyhead and Shrewsbury Roads	The National Archives, Kew	MT 27
2	1779-1834: corresp, reports and papers	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD253/90-93, 96-97, 165-167, 169-172, 174-175, 183-4	NRA 13863 Campbell See NRA(S)0467
3	1782-1833: corresp with Andrew Little and Little family	Institution of Civil Engineers		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982; Annual Return 1997
4	1795-1804: corresp, plans and accounts rel to Bewdley bridge	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	705:550	NRA 12165 Marcy
5	1800-03: designs for rebuilding London Bridge with related correspondence with James Watt	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS 3219/4/318
6	1800-32: corresp, notebooks and papers	Institution of Civil Engineers	T	NRA 14021
7	19th cent: canal plan, Cheshire and Staffordshire	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	5651	NRA 3515 Staffs RO misc
8	19th-20th cent: corresp, accounts, plans, family papers of his assistant James Thomson	Ironbridge Gorge Museum Library and Archives	Acc 1992.14949	See Annual Return 1992
9	1801-1802: letters to Professor Copland	Institution of Civil Engineers	1801TELPC	See Annual Return 2010
10	1803-34: corresp, reports and papers	Parliamentary Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
11	1805-34: papers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.19969-19978
12	1806-26: corresp and reports rel to Clyde and Forth canal and docks	Glasgow City Archives	T-CN	NRA 13871 Clyde Port
13	1808: drawings of roads	Dumfries and Galloway Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14	1809: report on the Aberdeenshire canal	Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre	MS 2253
15	1815-31: plans of Dundee harbour	Dundee City Archives	GD/DH	NRA 13496 Dundee Harbour See NRA(S)1653
16	1817-26: reports on St Albans turnpike	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
17	1817-29: reports on river Dee	North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office)		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
18	1818: report on Knaresborough canal	Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	DD56, 188	NRA 12891 Slingsby
19	1828-30: corresp, reports and papers rel to Morpeth bridge	Northumberland Archives	ZBS/2/30	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
20	1822: report on proposed navigation to Norwich	Norfolk Record Office		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
21	1823: reports on Boston haven	Boston Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
22	1823: corresp, reports and papers rel to London bridge	The London Archives: City of London	COL/CC/LBC/05/003	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
23	1823-27: corresp and reports rel to Brentford bridge	The London Archives: City of London	MJ/SPB	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
24	1823-33: corresp and report on Seaham harbour	The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)	D/Lo	NRA 11528 Vane-Tempest-Stewart
25	1824-25: corresp, reports and plans rel to Mythe Bridge Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire Archives	D2079	NRA 7012 Thomson
26	1825-26: corresp, plan and papers rel to Somerset turnpikes	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
27	1826-89: papers rel to Greenock harbour	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11648	See Annual Return 1998
28	1829: papers rel to Folkestone harbour	Kent History and Library Centre		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
29	1833-34: diary	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.9157
30	1834: plan and report on Dover harbour	Kent History and Library Centre		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
31	1835-1836: corresp rel to his grave and statue in Westminster Abbey	Westminster Abbey Library and Muniment Room	WAM 66324-31
32	corresp and papers	Ironbridge Gorge Museum Library and Archives		NRA 22554 Telford
33	corresp and reports rel to Rochester bridge	Rochester Bridge Trust		NRA 10539 Rochester
34	corresp, reports and papers rel to Shropshire	Shropshire Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
35	1795-1832: corresp with Boulton & Watt	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	MS 3147/3/525	NRA 14609 Boulton & Watt See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
36	drawings of St Katherine's Docks	Institution of Civil Engineers	GR01440
37	letterbooks, corresp and reports	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD9	NRA 28867 British Fishery
38	ms plans	Waterways Archive, Gloucester		See British Archives (3rd ed)
39	report on King's Lynn harbour	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	PwJc978-1015	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
40	1813: map of Pulteneytown and Harbour	Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives (Caithness Archives)	P1014	See Annual Return 2023