LIVES 



OF 



THE ENGINEERS, 



AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS; 



COMPRISING ALSO 



A HISTORY OF INLAND COMMUNICATION IN BRITAIN. 



SAMUEL SMILES, 

 n 



' Bid Harbours open, Public Ways extend ; 

 Bid Temples, worthier of God, ascend; 

 Bid the broad Arch the dang'rous flood contain, 

 The Mole projected, break the roaring main ; 

 Back to his bounds their subject sea command, 

 And roll obedient rivers through the land. 

 The-e honours, Peace to happy Britain brings ; 

 These are imperial works, and worthy kings." 



POPE. 



WITH PORTRAITS AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 

 1861. 



