Lives of the engineers

Description:

Stories of Great British Men and their Great Feats of engineering - diverting the Thames, draining vast swamps, etc. A very popular work at the time, extolling the will and spirit of heroic figures, turning acts of engineering into ripping tales.

subjects: Biography,  Engineering,  Engineers,  History,  Roads,  Steam-engine,  Britain,  Engineers, biography,  Roads, great britain

People: George Stephenson (1781-1848),  James Brindley,  James Watt (1736-1819),  John Metcalf (1717-1810),  John Metcalfe (1717-1810),  John Rennie,  John Rennie (1761-1821),  John Smeaton (1724-1792),  Matthew Boulton,  Matthew Boulton (1728-1809),  Robert Stephenson (1803-1859),  Thomas Telford

Places: Great Britain

Times: 18th-19th century Britain.