LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PORTRAIT OF JOHN SMEATOX 

 JOHN RENNIE 



THOMAS TELFORD 



PAGE 



Banff Bridge . . 2 



Map of Smeaton's Native District . . 4 

 View of Leeds, early in the 18th 



century , 6 



Whitkirk, near Leeds . - . . . . 9 



Map of coast of Devon and Cornwall 15 



Winstanley 's Lighthouse (Eddystone) 1 8 



Rudyerd's Lighthouse (Eddystone) 22 



Smeaton's Lighthouse (Eddystone) 26 



Section of Smeaton's Lighthouse . . 34 

 Progress ot the works to the 15th 



course 41 



Smeaton on the Hoe 42 



Plan of the 46th course 44 



Light at the Nore 48 



Old London Bridge, before the altera- 

 tion of 1758 . . 54 



Old London Bridge, after the alteration 55 



Coldstream Bridge 60 



Plan of St. Ives Harbour . . . . 64 



View of St. Ives Harbour . . . . 65 



Map of Eamsgate and Harbour . . 66 



View of Eamsgate Harbour . . . . 67 



Plan of Eyemouth Harbour . . . . 70 



View of Eyemouth Harbour .. .. 71 



Smeaton's House at Austhorpe . . 74 



Smeaton's Lathe 77 



Monumental Tablet in Whitkirk . . 89 



Smeaton's Burial-place, Whitkirk . . 90 

 Plymouth Breakwater from Mount 



Edgcumbe 92 



Map of Eennie's Native District . . 93 



Houston Mill 107 



Portrait of Andrew Meikle .. ..113 



Eennie's Birthplace, Phantassie .. 118 



Eennie's first Bridge 131 



The Albion Mills 138 



Locks on the Eochdale Canal . . 146 



Lune Aqueduct, Lancaster . . . . 148 



Frontispiece. 



to face page 91. 

 page 285. 



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i Map of the Lincolnshire Fens before 

 their Drainage by Eennie .. .. 155 



i Plan of Eau Brink Cut 168 



Kelso Bridge 173 



j Musselburgh Bridge 174 



| Boston Bridge , . 176 



Section of Waterloo Bridge . . .180 

 C enteri n g of Waterloo Bridge arching 182 

 Waterloo Bridge (Skelton's) .. ..186 



Southwark Bridge 190 



Waterloo Bridge (Leitch's) . . . . 194 

 Portrait of William Jessop .. ..198 



Plan of London Docks 199 



I Plan of East and West India Docks 203 



I Plan of Holyhead Harbour . . . . 210 



I View of Holyhead Harbour . . . . 211 



Method of using the Diving Bell . . 221 



Section of Bell Eock Lighthouse . . 232 



View of Bell Eock Lighthouse . . 233 



Plan of proposed Docks at Northfleet 244 



Plan of Sheerness Docks 247 



Plan of proposed Medway improve- 

 ment 250 



| Map of Plymouth Sound 253 



View of Plymouth Breakwater .. 262 

 Section of the Breakwater . . . . 263 

 Portrait of Captain Huddart .. .. 205 

 View of New London Bridge . . . . 272 



Section of Bridge 273 



View of Glasgow Bridge 286 



Map of Telford's Native District . . 288 



Telford's Birthplace 293 



Cottage at the Crooks 295 



Westerkirk Church and School . . 297 



Telford's Tool-mark ..302 



Valley of Eskdale .. 303- 



Valley of the Meggat 307 



Shrewsbury Castle 329 



Medallion of John Wilkinson . . . 337 



