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Thomas Telford - The Great Designer
Two examples of Thomas Telford’s design achievements in Wales - the Menai Bridge, completed in 1826, connecting Anglesey to mainland Wales for the first time, and the Pontcysyllte aqueduct which carried the Llangollen canal over the River Dee.
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