Story of Our Canals
- ISBN-10
- 0721404073
- ISBN-13
- 9780721404073
- Category
- Canals
- Pages
- 52
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1975-09
- Publisher
- Ladybird Books
- Author
- Carolyn Hutchings
Description
There were many other fine canal engineers , such as John Smeaton , Thomas Telford , William Jessop , John Rennie and Benjamin Outram . Thomas Telford built the Chirk and Pontcysyllte Aqueducts on the Llangollen Canal .
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