Chapter VI
John Metcalf, road-maker
Metcalf’s boyhoodHis blindnessHis boldnessBecomes a MusicianHis travelsJourney on foot from London to HarrogateJoins the army as musician in the rebellion of 1745Adventures in ScotlandBecomes travelling merchant and horse dealerBegins road-makingBuilds a bridgeHis extensive road contracts in Yorkshire and LancashireManner of aking his surveysHis skill in road-makingHis last road—his deathRoads in the south of EnglandWant of roads on Lincoln HeathLand lighthousesDunstan pillarRapid improvement in the roadsApplication of steamSydney Smith on improved facilities of communication
THE LIFE OF THOMAS TELFORD