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a town in Shropshire, west central England, to the east of Shrewsbury; pop. 161,700 (est. 2007). Named after Thomas Telford, it was designated a new town in 1963. 泰尔福特镇（英格兰中西部什鲁普郡的一个城镇, 位于什鲁斯伯里以东; 2007年估计人口161,700. 此镇以托马斯·泰尔福特的名字命名, 1963年设镇）。
Telford2, Thomas (1757-1834), Scottish civil engineer. He built hundreds of miles of roads, more than a thousand bridges (including the Menai suspension bridge 1819- 26), and a number of canals, including the Caledonian Canal across Scotland (opened 1822). 泰尔福特, 托马斯（1757-1834, 苏格兰土木工程师, 建造了数百英里公路, 1,000多座桥梁, 包括1819-1826年建造的梅奈吊桥, 和许多条运河, 包括开放于1822年的横穿苏格兰的喀里多尼亚运河）。
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