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Thomas Telford died in September 1834, just as the railway age was dawning. So he had little idea of how lasting his legacy would be - helping to inspire the Victorian civil engineers who followed him. Almost everything he built is still in use today. Julian Glover's biography of Thomas Telford: a shepherd's son, born in the Scottish Borders in 1757, who revolutionised British engineering and set the stage for the Industrial Revolution. Abridged by David Jackson Young Concluded by Robin Laing. Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2017.
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