WPW009530 WALES (1923). View of the Menai Straits showing Menai Supension Bridge and the Britannia Bridge. Oblique aerial photograph, 5"x4" BW glass plate.
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Title | [WPW009530] View of the Menai Straits showing Menai Supension Bridge and the Britannia Bridge. Oblique aerial photograph, 5"x4" BW glass plate. |
Reference | WPW009530 |
Date | 1923 |
Link | Coflein Archive Item 6422696 |
Place name | |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | WALES |
Easting / Northing | 255670, 371400 |
Longitude / Latitude | -4.1619800253729, 53.219736811669 |
National Grid Reference | SH557714 |
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Ynys Gorad Goch |
Anthony Martin |
Wednesday 27th of March 2024 03:02:10 PM |
The Britannia Tubular Bridge. This bridge was built 1845-1850 by Robert Stephenson assisted by William Fairburn and others. It was one of the greatest engineering works of the 19th Century.
Regretably it was severely damaged by fire in May 1970, and was rebuilt as a double-deck rail/road bridge. |
John W |
Monday 22nd of August 2016 06:45:32 PM |