Folkestone Jetty
Thomas Telford, (1757-1834]) was a Scottish civil engineer whose crowning achievement was the design and construction of the Menai Bridge in Wales. He began his career as a mason and educated himself to become an architect. In 1786 he was appointed surveyor of public works for Shropshire, a post that entailed the construction of buildings and bridges. In 1793 Telford became agent and engineer to the Ellesmere Canal Company. His two great aqueducts, which carry this canal over the Ceiriog and Dee valleys in Wales at Chirk and Pontcysyllte, employing a novel use of troughs of cast-iron plates fixed in the masonry. In 1803 he was asked by the government to assist in the development of the Scottish Highlands, and so was responsible for the Caledonian Canal, harbour works at Aberdeen, Dundee, and elsewhere, and the building of more than 900 miles (1,450 km) of roads, including many bridges. Telford was then employed in improving and building canals to meet the threat of railway competition; this work included a new canal from Wolverhampton to Nantwich and a new tunnel at Harecastle, Staffordshire, on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Among Telford’s other works were the St. Katharine Docks, London; roads in the Scottish Lowlands; and the bridges over the Severn at Tewkesbury and Gloucester. He also acted as a consultant for the Göta Canal in Sweden. Telford was the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers (founded 1818).
And Telford was also responsible for Folkestone’s jetty. The diagonal rocks are a feature of this jetty; apparently, it was Thomas Telford's prototype idea to make the walls stronger against the might of the sea when he built the harbour in 1809. I guess it worked because it's still there.
Folkestone Jetty
Thomas Telford, (1757-1834]) was a Scottish civil engineer whose crowning achievement was the design and construction of the Menai Bridge in Wales. He began his career as a mason and educated himself to become an architect. In 1786 he was appointed surveyor of public works for Shropshire, a post that entailed the construction of buildings and bridges. In 1793 Telford became agent and engineer to the Ellesmere Canal Company. His two great aqueducts, which carry this canal over the Ceiriog and Dee valleys in Wales at Chirk and Pontcysyllte, employing a novel use of troughs of cast-iron plates fixed in the masonry. In 1803 he was asked by the government to assist in the development of the Scottish Highlands, and so was responsible for the Caledonian Canal, harbour works at Aberdeen, Dundee, and elsewhere, and the building of more than 900 miles (1,450 km) of roads, including many bridges. Telford was then employed in improving and building canals to meet the threat of railway competition; this work included a new canal from Wolverhampton to Nantwich and a new tunnel at Harecastle, Staffordshire, on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Among Telford’s other works were the St. Katharine Docks, London; roads in the Scottish Lowlands; and the bridges over the Severn at Tewkesbury and Gloucester. He also acted as a consultant for the Göta Canal in Sweden. Telford was the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers (founded 1818).
And Telford was also responsible for Folkestone’s jetty. The diagonal rocks are a feature of this jetty; apparently, it was Thomas Telford's prototype idea to make the walls stronger against the might of the sea when he built the harbour in 1809. I guess it worked because it's still there.