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Bridges Architecture 1903 Anglesey Postcard Wales Thomas Telford, ENCCYM

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Thomas Telford's road bridge across the menai Straits,

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Thomas Telford's road bridge across the menai Straits,

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Menai Bridge, Thomas Telford's road bridge across the menai Straits,

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Menai Bridge, Thomas Telford's road bridge across the Menai Straits, Anglesey, North Wales

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Thomas Telford's road bridge across the menai Straits,

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Thomas Telford's road bridge across the menai Straits,

Bridges Architecture Built 1825, Thomas Telford, Anglesey, Postcards, Wales, ENCCYM

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Thomas Telford's road bridge across the menai Straits,

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Menai Bridge from Belgian Promenade, Anglesey, Wales

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Menai Bridge from Belgian Promenade, Anglesey, Wales

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Menai Bridge from Belgian Promenade, Anglesey, Wales

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Menai Bridge from St Tysilio's Church, Church Island, Anglesey, Wales

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Old bridge over the Menai Straights in Anglesey, North Wales. There is one on the many small islands in the foreground and the foothills to the Snowdonia National Park in the background

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Old bridge over the Menai Straights in Anglesey, North Wales. There is one on the many small islands in the foreground and the foothills to the Snowdonia National Park in the background

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Old bridge over the Menai Straights in Anglesey, North Wales. There is one on the many small islands in the foreground and the foothills to the Snowdonia National Park in the background

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Old bridge over the Menai Straights in Anglesey, North Wales. There is one on the many small islands in the foreground and the foothills to the Snowdonia National Park in the background

TELFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE Anglesey MENAI STRAIGHT WALES WATER DIGITAL EFFECTS

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Old bridge over the Menai Straights in Anglesey, North Wales. There is one on the many small islands in the foreground and the foothills to the Snowdonia National Park in the background

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Menai Bridge reflections of the town and Suspension bridge

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Menai Bridge reflections of the town and Suspension bridge

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Driving across the Menai Bridge to Anglesey

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Menai Bridge in spring with hawthorn blossoming

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Old bridge over the Menai Straights in Anglesey, North Wales. There is one on the many small islands in the foreground and the foothills to the Snowdonia National Park in the background

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Telfords Menai Bridge and the Menai Straits.

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Old bridge over the Menai Straights in Anglesey, North Wales. There is one on the many small islands in the foreground and the foothills to the Snowdonia National Park in the background

Bridges Architecture 1904 Anglesey Llandysilio Church Menai Bridge Moonlight Suspension Bridge Wales, ENCCYM

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Old bridge over the Menai Straights in Anglesey, North Wales. There is one on the many small islands in the foreground and the foothills to the Snowdonia National Park in the background

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Thomas Telfords suspension Bridge at Conway, North Wales.

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TELFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE Anglesey MENAI STRAIGHT WALES WATER DIGITAL ART HISTWA

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Menai Strait, waterway, between Anglesey and mainland Wales (photo is from Anglesey side), foreground is Britannia Bridge, railway bridge designed by Robert Stephenson and opened 5/3/1850, tubular, iron box construction, tube, engineering, reconstructed after fire in 1970 to carry both rail and road traffic, background is Menai Bridge, for road traffic, designed by Thomas Telford and opened 30/1/1826, first iron suspension bridge in world, ENCCYM, early colour photograph, photochrome, mechanically coloured black and white image, from small original and not scanned at very high resolution - avoid using very large

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Menai suspension bridge over the Menai Strait, north Wales. Connects Anglesey to north Wales mainland.

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View c. 1880 of Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait in its original form with a wooden road surface linking the Isle of Anglesey with mainland Wales near Bangor, Gwynd. Designed by Thomas Telford it was one of the world's first suspension bridges. Work started in 1819 on the masonry limestone towers and it was opened to horse-drawn road traffic in 1826. Wrought iron chain cables linked the 176m (577 ft) span. The road surface was replaced with a steel deck in 1893. The original chains were replaced with steel ones in 1938-9 (note that the the centre two original cables were dispensed with leaving the two outer replacement cables to support the roadway). A nineteenth century sepia photograph from M&N Publishing

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The Menai Suspension Bridge, or Pont Grog y Borth in Welsh, is a suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales.

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Menai suspension bridge

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The Britannia Bridge a road and Railway bridge across the menai straits Anglesey

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Photo is of the Anglesey side of both bridges that cross the Menai Strait.

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Constructed by Robert Stephenson, son of "Rocket" creator, George Stephenson. Begun in 1846, the bridge was opened on 5 March 1850. For its time, it was a bridge of "magnitude and singular novelty", far surpassing in length contemporary cast beam or plate girder iron bridges. One aspect of its method of construction was also novel; the box sections were assembled on-shore, then floated out into position before being lifted into place. During the evening of 23 May 1970 the bridge was greatly damaged when boys playing on the bridge dropped a burning torch, starting a fire (see Britannia Bridge Official Fire Report, BBC News video). As a consequence the bridge was completely rebuilt and reopened in 1972 with the spans supported by archways. The deck has two levels: the lower still carries the rail line, and the upper supports a single-carriageway section of the A55 road. The new bridge was designed by Husband & Co., now part of Mott MacDonald

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Original suspension bridge over the menai straits between Angelsey and England

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Stephensons Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits from North Wales mainland to Anglesey.

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Thomas Telford's suspension bridge over Menai Straits, Wales, built 1820-1826. View from Angelsea side. Original timber deck wrecked in storm, 1839. In 1940 chains renewed with high tensile steel. Part of London/Holyhead road carrying mails between Dublin and London. Hand-coloured engraving, 1830.

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Thomas Telford's suspension bridge over the Menai Straits, Wales, built 1820-1826. The original timber deck was wrecked in a storm, 1839. In 1940 the chains were renewed with high tensile steel. Part of London to Holyhead road carrying mails between Dublin and London. Hand-coloured engraving.

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Constructed by Robert Stephenson, son of "Rocket" creator, George Stephenson. Begun in 1846, the bridge was opened on 5 March 1850. For its time, it was a bridge of "magnitude and singular novelty", far surpassing in length contemporary cast beam or plate girder iron bridges. One aspect of its method of construction was also novel; the box sections were assembled on-shore, then floated out into position before being lifted into place. During the evening of 23 May 1970 the bridge was greatly damaged when boys playing on the bridge dropped a burning torch, starting a fire (see Britannia Bridge Official Fire Report, BBC News video). As a consequence the bridge was completely rebuilt and reopened in 1972 with the spans supported by archways. The deck has two levels: the lower still carries the rail line, and the upper supports a single-carriageway section of the A55 road. The new bridge was designed by Husband & Co., now part of Mott MacDonald

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Craigellachie Bridge built by Thomas Telford in 1814

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Property on the North bank of Menai Straits just below North end of Menai Suspension Bridge. Snow covered coastal hills of North Wales behind and in the distance. Autumn, low angle of afternoon sun, clear sky.

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Looking up at one of many joint couplings on the support cables of the M48 motorway suspension bridge.

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The Clifton Suspension Bridge, spanning the Avon Gorge, is the symbol of the city of Bristol. For almost 150 years this Grade I listed structure has attracted visitors from all over the world. Its story began in 1754 with the dream of a Bristol wine merchant who left a legacy to build a bridge over the Gorge. The first competition in 1829 was judged by Thomas Telford, the leading civil engineer of the day. Telford rejected all the designs and submitted his own but the decision to declare him the winner was unpopular and a second competition was held in 1830. 24 year old Isambard Kingdom Brunel was eventually declared the winner and appointed project engineer – his first major commission. The foundation stone was laid in 1831 but the project was dogged with political and financial difficulties and by 1843, with only the towers completed, the project was abandoned. Brunel died prematurely aged 53 yrs in 1859 but the Bridge was completed as his memorial and finally opened in 1864. Designed in the early 19th century for light horse drawn traffic it still meets the demands of 21st century commuter traffic with 11-12, 000 motor vehicles crossing it every day.