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- Tower saddle (Leigh Woods)
- Object name(s):
- Velograph tracing
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated concept:
- Current scanned drawings|tower saddles
- Number of objects:
- 1 velograph tracing
- Object name:
- Velograph tracing
- Object number:
- GB 3493 T/2/4/2/1/10
- Object production date:
- [1903] February 1972
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1903
- Date - latest:
- 29/02/1972
- Other number:
- 10
- Other number type:
- Original drawing number
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- Popular series stereoview of Craigellachie Bridge, Scotland
- Object name(s):
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Craigellachie Bridge, Scotland
- Credit line:
- This item has been conserved and digitised with thanks to the Aurelius Charitable Trust.
- Number of objects:
- 1 stereoscopic photograph mounted on yellow card
- Object name:
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/1/S/141
- Object production date:
- c. 1850 - 1900
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1850-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1900
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Reproduction number:
- AA-1-S-141.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- Stereoview of the suspension bridge at Conway showing children
- Object name(s):
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Brief description:
- "No (95) - 388 - The Bridge and Castle, strong and noble of Mediaeval fortress, Conway, Wales." Reverse carries notes on the geography, architectural history and child life as well as the title translated into five languages.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Conwy Suspension Bridge, Conwy, Wales
- Credit line:
- This item has been conserved and digitised with thanks to the Aurelius Charitable Trust.
- Number of objects:
- 1 stereoscopic photograph mounted on grey card
- Object name:
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/1/S/108
- Object production date:
- c. 1850 - 1900
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1850-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1900
- Object production person:
- Underwood & Underwood, publishers
- Person's biographical note:
- In 1920 stereograph production was discontinued and Underwood & Underwood sold its stereographic stock and rights to the Keystone View Company. The Keystone republished images included a V prefix for Underwood source. An example would indicate K24056 as Keystone numbered and the same images V24056 as Underwood and Keystone dual copyrighted.
- Reproduction number:
- AA-1-S-108.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- Bristol
- Object name(s):
- painting; watercolour; poster artwork; painting; watercolour; poster artwork
- Brief description:
- Painting, watercolour, original artwork for railway poster, Great Western Railway /London Midland & Scottish Railway, Bristol - Clifton Suspension Bridge by Claude Buckle, 1933, shows bridge and docks.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated place:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge
- Place association:
- depicted
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 40
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1016
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 25
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 635
- Material:
- watercolour
- Object name:
- painting; watercolour; poster artwork; painting; watercolour; poster artwork
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1933
- Date - latest:
- 1933
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1933
- Date - latest:
- 1933
- Object production person:
- Buckle, Claude; Great Western Railway; London Midland & Scottish Railway
- Other number:
- 1978-1545
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- Cl.76/29/72
- Other number type:
- Clapham number
- Other number:
- NRM 78/22/230
- Other number type:
- National Railway Museum number
- Responsible department/section:
- NRM - Pictorial Collection (Railway)
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- Title:
- Postcard of the view of Bristol from above the Suspension Bridge.
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- Not written or posted.
Includes facts about the bridge on the back.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Number of objects:
- 1 black and white postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 PC/190
- Object production date:
- c. 1950 - 1980
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1950
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1980
- Object production person:
- Harvey Barton & Sons Ltd
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c9ca0491-8770-3261-8bfd-e2c56afd576c
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- Title:
- Stereoview of Craigellachie Bridge, Scotland
- Object name(s):
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Brief description:
- Blind stamped: "J. Stuart / Inverness".
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Craigellachie Bridge, Scotland
- Credit line:
- This item has been conserved and digitised with thanks to the Aurelius Charitable Trust.
- Number of objects:
- 1 stereoscopic photograph mounted on grey card
- Object name:
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/1/S/142
- Object production date:
- c. 1850 - 1920
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1850-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1920
- Object production person:
- Stuart, J, photographer, Inverness
- Reproduction number:
- AA-1-S-142.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c1fc6014-ef3d-319e-9dc5-e5d75fa53ff8
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- Title:
- Stereoview of the railway bridge at Chepstow
- Object name(s):
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Chepstow Railway Bridge, United Kingdom
- Credit line:
- This item has been conserved and digitised with thanks to the Aurelius Charitable Trust.
- Number of objects:
- 1 stereoscopic photograph mounted on white card
- Object name:
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/1/S/127
- Object production date:
- c. 1850 - 1910
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1850-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1910
- Object production person:
- Binckes, G S, photographer, Worcester
- Reproduction number:
- AA-1-S-127.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- Postcard showing view of Fribourg and Zähringen Bridge
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- Inscribed on reverse
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Zähringen Bridge, Fribourg, Switzerland (1924)
- Number of objects:
- 1 black and white postcard
- Object component name:
- Language
- Object component information:
- de
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/3/144
- Object production date:
- Postmarked [4 January 1947]
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 04/01/1937
- Date - latest:
- 04/01/1937
- Object production person:
- Edition Art, Perrochet-Matile, Lausanne, publisher
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9a97e39e-388b-3bcc-bcec-cc405485da7b
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- Title:
- Postcard showing Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- Inscribed on reverse: 'Dear S. Thank you. Shall be very pleased to see you on Sun. Hope you will have [...]. Much love
Yours [KTC]'.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham, England (1833)
- Number of objects:
- 1 black and white postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/3/106
- Object production date:
- Postmarked [19 'Ju' 1907]
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 19/06/1907
- Date - latest:
- 19/07/1907
- Object production person:
- Mezzotint Co., Brighton, publisher
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3d3ad087-fe5e-3b48-913d-24a9f6263698
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- Title:
- Postcard of Clifton Suspension Bridge taken from the Clifton side
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- Valentine's series: 30598. Registered in 1899.
Sold by S. J. Thomas, Boyce's Avenue Clifton.
Addressed to Mr R. H. Lawfors with a message from Harry.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Number of objects:
- 1 colour postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 PC/11
- Object production date:
- Postmarked [1915]
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1915
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1915
- Object production person:
- Valentine & Sons Ltd, publisher
- Person's biographical note:
- Valentines of Dundee was founded in 1851 by James Valentine (1815-1879). Initially concerned with engraving, printing and stationery, the firm soon adopted photography. In 1855 Valentine erected one of the largest photographic glasshouses in Britain. About 1860 he started selling topographical photographs, converting a barouche into a mobile darkroom. His son, William Dobson Valentine (1844-1907), entered the family business in about 1860 after training as landscape photographer in the studios of Francis Frith, the largest English publisher of commercial landscapes at that time.
From 1882 Valentines branched out to include English as well as Scottish views, producing different sizes of grouped prints and stereoscopic photographs. Upon James' death in 1879, his sons William and George Dobson Valentine (1852-1890) took over the company. Based in Dundee, William pioneered large scale photographic processing and photo-mechanical printing and undertook the first unsuccessful attempts at submarine photography in connection with the investigation of the Tay rail bridge disaster early in 1880. In 1898 they started producing picture postcards. In 1900 under Managing Director Harben James Valentine (1872-1949) they became a private limited company, employing their own staff photographers and artists and also buying images from local and national photographers and agencies. By the 1950s, the production of postcards began to wane as greetings cards became more profitable. Failing to take advantage of colour photography, in 1967 they stopped publishing monochrome postcards and by 1970 they ceased publishing postcards altogether.
The major archive of monochrome topographical views by James Valentine & Sons is held by the University of St Andrews Library. For further details of this collection please contact the Library, or refer to http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- Postcard showing Fribourg Cathedral
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Number of objects:
- 1 colour postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/3/148
- Object production date:
- c. 1900 - 1950
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1900
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1950
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/32832eb3-23d0-3517-92e5-dc1c8df3ac68
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- Title:
- North Wales Illustrated stereoview of the Suspension Bridge and Menai Straits
- Object name(s):
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Brief description:
- No. 743.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Menai Suspension Bridge, Wales
- Credit line:
- This item has been conserved and digitised with thanks to the Aurelius Charitable Trust.
- Number of objects:
- 1 stereoscopic photograph mounted on yellow card
- Object name:
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/1/S/119
- Object production date:
- c.1860s
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1855-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1875-12-31
- Object production person:
- Bedford, Francis (1815 -1894), photographer
- Person's biographical note:
- Francis Bedford initially worked as an artist and lithographer before taking up photography in 1853. He received several Royal commissions and was the first photographer to be appointed on a Royal Tour in 1862. From the late 1850s onwards he produced numerous stereoscopic photographs which documented important sites from across Britain. These were popular and sold in their thousands. Sometimes his wife and two sons feature in his topographical photographs.
- Reproduction number:
- AA-1-S-119.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- North Wales Illustrated stereoview of the Menai Suspension Bridge taken from the beach
- Object name(s):
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Brief description:
- No. 2122.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Menai Suspension Bridge, Wales
- Credit line:
- This item has been conserved and digitised with thanks to the Aurelius Charitable Trust.
- Number of objects:
- 1 stereoscopic photograph mounted on yellow card
- Object name:
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/1/S/123
- Object production date:
- c. 1860s
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1855-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1875-12-31
- Object production person:
- Bedford, Francis (1815 -1894), photographer
- Person's biographical note:
- Francis Bedford initially worked as an artist and lithographer before taking up photography in 1853. He received several Royal commissions and was the first photographer to be appointed on a Royal Tour in 1862. From the late 1850s onwards he produced numerous stereoscopic photographs which documented important sites from across Britain. These were popular and sold in their thousands. Sometimes his wife and two sons feature in his topographical photographs.
- Reproduction number:
- AA-1-S-123.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- Sketch, sepia, framed
- Object name(s):
- sketch; sketch
- Brief description:
- Sketch, sepia, framed, early design for Clifton Suspension Bridge (No.2 concept) by I K Brunel, December 18th 1830, signed by I K Brunel.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated person:
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Associated place:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge
- Place association:
- depicted
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 34
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 863.6
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 43 1/2
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1104.9
- Object name:
- sketch; sketch
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1830
- Date - latest:
- 1830
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1830
- Date - latest:
- 1830
- Other number:
- 2000-7520
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 302/74
- Other number type:
- Clapham number
- Responsible department/section:
- NRM - Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ddb7292b-f33d-3d70-b30f-fcba83c9fea4
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- Title:
- Junction of platform with abutment
- Object name(s):
- Velograph tracing
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated concept:
- Current scanned drawings|carriageway|articulation
- Number of objects:
- 1 velograph tracing
- Object name:
- Velograph tracing
- Object number:
- GB 3493 T/2/4/2/1/14
- Object production date:
- [1903] February 1972
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1903
- Date - latest:
- 29/02/1972
- Other number:
- 14
- Other number type:
- Original drawing number
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/96e0d0e2-d0c2-3a55-b5ff-5c9a572ffc7f
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- Title:
- View of the Avon Gorge with Piers
- Object name(s):
- Painting
- Brief description:
- Watercolour and guache painting by George Wolfe showing the abutments and towers of Clifton Suspension Bridge during the period in which the project was abandoned. Signed and dated "WOLFE/54" (1854).
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Condition:
- Condition note:
- This item was re-framed using conservation glass in 2018. Because it is a watercolour it is sensitive to light.
- Number of objects:
- 1 watercolour and gouache painting, framed, 290 x 490 mm
- Object name:
- Painting
- Object number:
- GB 3493 134
- Object production date:
- 1854
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1854-00-00
- Date - latest:
- 1854-00-00
- Object production person:
- Wolfe, George, artist
- Person's biographical note:
- Wolfe was born in Bristol, where he was raised by an adoptive mother, Mrs Buckley of Windsor Terrace, Clifton. Later he settled in Hampshire.
- Other number:
- 2019-134
- Other number type:
- Accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cd16c710-8def-3db6-82d9-6433408ab12e
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- Title:
- Postcard of Clifton Suspension Bridge from the Clifton side
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- Addressed to Mr and Mrs C. W. Berry with a written message.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Number of objects:
- 1 colour postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 PC/146
- Object production date:
- Postmarked [16 June 1952]
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1952
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1952
- Object production person:
- Valentine & Sons Ltd, publisher
- Person's biographical note:
- Valentines of Dundee was founded in 1851 by James Valentine (1815-1879). Initially concerned with engraving, printing and stationery, the firm soon adopted photography. In 1855 Valentine erected one of the largest photographic glasshouses in Britain. About 1860 he started selling topographical photographs, converting a barouche into a mobile darkroom. His son, William Dobson Valentine (1844-1907), entered the family business in about 1860 after training as landscape photographer in the studios of Francis Frith, the largest English publisher of commercial landscapes at that time.
From 1882 Valentines branched out to include English as well as Scottish views, producing different sizes of grouped prints and stereoscopic photographs. Upon James' death in 1879, his sons William and George Dobson Valentine (1852-1890) took over the company. Based in Dundee, William pioneered large scale photographic processing and photo-mechanical printing and undertook the first unsuccessful attempts at submarine photography in connection with the investigation of the Tay rail bridge disaster early in 1880. In 1898 they started producing picture postcards. In 1900 under Managing Director Harben James Valentine (1872-1949) they became a private limited company, employing their own staff photographers and artists and also buying images from local and national photographers and agencies. By the 1950s, the production of postcards began to wane as greetings cards became more profitable. Failing to take advantage of colour photography, in 1967 they stopped publishing monochrome postcards and by 1970 they ceased publishing postcards altogether.
The major archive of monochrome topographical views by James Valentine & Sons is held by the University of St Andrews Library. For further details of this collection please contact the Library, or refer to http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ab9c8905-c3f9-30f8-a273-e62644ed2398
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- Title:
- Postcard of Clifton Suspension Bridge from the Clifton side
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- Addressed to Miss [F] Burrows with a written message.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Number of objects:
- 1 black and white postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 PC/154
- Object production date:
- c. 1911 - 1918
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1911
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1918
- Object production person:
- Valentine & Sons Ltd, publisher
- Person's biographical note:
- Valentines of Dundee was founded in 1851 by James Valentine (1815-1879). Initially concerned with engraving, printing and stationery, the firm soon adopted photography. In 1855 Valentine erected one of the largest photographic glasshouses in Britain. About 1860 he started selling topographical photographs, converting a barouche into a mobile darkroom. His son, William Dobson Valentine (1844-1907), entered the family business in about 1860 after training as landscape photographer in the studios of Francis Frith, the largest English publisher of commercial landscapes at that time.
From 1882 Valentines branched out to include English as well as Scottish views, producing different sizes of grouped prints and stereoscopic photographs. Upon James' death in 1879, his sons William and George Dobson Valentine (1852-1890) took over the company. Based in Dundee, William pioneered large scale photographic processing and photo-mechanical printing and undertook the first unsuccessful attempts at submarine photography in connection with the investigation of the Tay rail bridge disaster early in 1880. In 1898 they started producing picture postcards. In 1900 under Managing Director Harben James Valentine (1872-1949) they became a private limited company, employing their own staff photographers and artists and also buying images from local and national photographers and agencies. By the 1950s, the production of postcards began to wane as greetings cards became more profitable. Failing to take advantage of colour photography, in 1967 they stopped publishing monochrome postcards and by 1970 they ceased publishing postcards altogether.
The major archive of monochrome topographical views by James Valentine & Sons is held by the University of St Andrews Library. For further details of this collection please contact the Library, or refer to http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- An Act for building a Bridge over the River Avon, from Clifton in the County of Gloucester to the opposite Side of the River in the County of Somerset, and for making convenient Roads and Approaches to communicate therewith
- Object name(s):
- Act
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Number of objects:
- 1 item
- Object name:
- Act
- Object number:
- GB 3493 T/1/1/1
- Object production date:
- 29 May 1830
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1830-00-00
- Date - latest:
- 1830-00-00
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- Stereoview of the Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash showing figures on the railway under the suspending tubes
- Object name(s):
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Brief description:
- No. 104. Reverse carries the stamp: "Stereoscopic Treasures / Published by W. Spreat 229 High Street Exeter."
In 1853 the chains intended to be used for the Clifton Suspension Bridge were sold and reused to form Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. The bridge was opened by Prince Albert on 2 May 1859.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, England
- Credit line:
- This item has been conserved and digitised with thanks to the Aurelius Charitable Trust.
- Number of objects:
- 1 stereoscopic photograph mounted on card
- Object name:
- Stereoscopic photograph
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/1/S/95
- Object production date:
- c.1859
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1859-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1859-12-31
- Object production person:
- Spreat, W, publisher, 229 High Street, Exeter
- Reproduction number:
- AA-1-S-095.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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