‘It’s astonishing how well it has lasted’: #Anglesey marks 200th #anniversary of beloved #bridge | #Wales | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/31/wales-anglesey-200th-anniversary-menai-bridge

#UK #CivilEngineering #StructuralEngineeting #MenaiBridge #History #Heritage MenaiStraits #ThomasTelford

📍: Bartons Works Bridge
ℹ️: track bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.4806412858454&mlon=-1.9326310873851#map=17/52.4806412858454/-1.9326310873851
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/12565217033

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #rain #skyline #birmingham #wind #unitedkingdom #dam #bcn #windy #reservoir #rotunda #raining #westmidlands #birminghamuk #thomastelford #oldbury #edgbastonreservoir #edgbaston #alphatower

📍: Railway Bridge, Summit Tunnel
ℹ️: railway bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.5029718249501&mlon=-1.97830918675507#map=17/52.5029718249501/-1.97830918675507
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/7187722453

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #greatbritain #trees #tree #unitedkingdom #bcn #canals #telford #castiron #westmidlands #thomastelford #blackcountry #smethwick #sandwell #galtonbridge #galtontunnel #castironrailings

📍: Stretton Winding Hole
ℹ️: winding hole
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.6949192929431&mlon=-2.19024283819674#map=17/52.6949192929431/-2.19024283819674
📸: Photo by David Jones on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/45457437@N00/8698935651

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #bridge #aqueduct #shropshireunioncanal #a5 #thomastelford #1832 #fourcountiesring #watlingstreet #birminghamandliverpoolcanal

📍: Bridge 132
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.0867983523233&mlon=-2.24378677565132#map=17/53.0867983523233/-2.24378677565132
📸: Photo by C19th Heroes on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/78586478@N06/47230382531

#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #thomastelford #trentandmerseycanal #ice

267 years ago today. Thomas Telford, the civil engineer whose works transformed Scotland and had a huge impact elsewhere, was born near Westerkirk in Dumfries-shire on 9 August 1757. This is his bridge at Craigellachie in Moray. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/t/thomastelford.html

#Scotland #OnThisDay #ThomasTelford #CraigellachieBridge #Speyside #Moray #Craigellachie #UndiscoveredScotland

📍: Bridge 1, Norbury Junction Bridge
ℹ️: towpath bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.8024964648477&mlon=-2.30795950288443#map=17/52.8024964648477/-2.30795950288443
📸: Photo by tj.blackwell on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/8185633@N07/4991471876

#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #water #countryside #holidays #shropshire #britain #transport #shropshireunioncanal #shrewsbury #boating #thomastelford #wolverhampton #civilengineering #britishwaterways

#AmReading "Journal of a Tour in Scotland in 1819" by English Poet Laureate #RobertSouthey.
In a chatty, opinionated account of his inspection tour of the Highlands with engineer #ThomasTelford, Southey rhapsodizes on Telford’s bridges, roads, harbours, & canals. He also opines on food, books, politics, & the Scottish people, even lamenting the women’s habit of wearing curling papers ("Medusa papers") in their hair.

#Scotland #RoadTrip #Bookstodon #InternetArchive
https://archive.org/details/journaloftourins00sout

266 years ago today. Thomas Telford, the civil engineer whose works transformed Scotland and had a huge impact elsewhere, was born near Westerkirk in Dumfries-shire on 9 August 1757. This is his bridge at Craigellachie in Moray. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/t/thomastelford.html

#Scotland #OnThisDay #ThomasTelford #CraigellachieBridge #Speyside #Moray #Craigellachie #UndiscoveredScotland