Advantages of mechanical training to an engineer Erects Montford Bridge Erects St. Mary Magdalen Church, Bridgenorth Telford's design Architectural tour Bath Studies in British Museum Oxford Birmingham Study of architecture Appointed Engineer to the Ellesmere Canal CHAPTER VI. The Ellesmere Canal Course of the Ellesmire Canal Success of the early canals The Act obtained and working survey made Chirk Aqueduct Pont-Cysylltau Aqueduct, Telford's hollow walls His cast iron trough at Pont-Cysylltau The canal works completed Revists Eskdale Early impressions corrected Tours in Wales Conduct of Ellesmere Canal navigation His literary studies and compositions CHAPTER VII. Iron and other Bridges Use of iron in bridge-building Design of a Lyons architect First iron bridge erected at Coalbrookdale Tom paine's iron bridge Wear iron bridge, Sunderland Telford's iron bridge at Buildwas His iron lock-gates and turn-bridges Projects a one-arched bridge of iron over the Thames Bewdley stone bridge Tougueland Bridge Extension of Telford's engineering buisness Literary friendships Thomas Campbell Miscellaneous reading CHAPTER VIII. Higland Roads and Bridges Progress of Scotch agriculture Romilly's account State of the Highlands Want of roads Use of the Cas-chrom Emigration Telford's survey of Scotland Lord Cockburn's account of the difficulties of travelling the North Circuit Parliamentary Commission of Highland Roads and Bridges appointed Dunkeld Bridge built 920 miles of new roads constucted Craigellachie Bridge Travelling facilitated Agriculture improved Moral results of Telford's Highland contracts Rapid progress of the Lowlands Results of parish schools CHAPTER IX. Telford's Scotch Harbours Highland harbours Wick and Pulteney Town Columnar pier work Peterhead Harbour Frazerburgh Harbour Bannf Harbour Old history of Aberdeen, its witch-burning and slave-trading Improvements of its harbour Telford's design carried out Dundee Harbour CHAPTER X. Caledonian and other Canals Canal projected through the Great Glen of the Highlands Survey by James Watt Survey by Telford Tide-basin at Corpach Neptune's Staircase Dock at Clachnaharry The chain of lochs Construction of the works Commercial failure of the canal Telford's disappointment Glasgow and Ardrossan Canal Weaver Navigation Gotha Canal, Sweden Gloucester and Berkeley, and other canals Harecastle Tunnel Birmingham Canal Macclesfield Canal Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Telford's pride in his canals CHAPTER XI. Telford as a road-maker