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Title:
Postcard showing Clifton Suspension Bridge from the Clifton side
Object name(s):
Postcard
Brief description:
Printed on reverse: "This fine bridge crosses the Avon Gorge with a single span of 702 feet, at a height of 245 feet above high water. Its total weight is 1,500 tons and it is estimated to be capable of supporting a weight of nine tons per square inch. Designed and begun by Brunel in 1832, it was not completed until 1864"
Collection:
Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
Number of objects:
1 colour postcard
Object name:
Postcard
Object number:
GB 3493 AA/3/41
Object production date:
c. 1950-1970
Date - association:
Creation
Date - earliest / single:
01/01/1950
Date - latest:
31/12/1970
Object production person:
J. Arthur Dixon Ltd.
Responsible department/section:
Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
Text reason:
Collection online record

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/687e88a8-7753-3784-9c50-2a4049b67357

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/687e88a8-7753-3784-9c50-2a4049b67357, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY

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