Title

Suspension bridge over the Conwy estuary, Wales, c1840. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Suspension bridge over the Conwy estuary, Wales, c1840. One of the earliest iron suspension bridges, built by Thomas Telford (1757-1834). The first stone was laid on 3 April 1822 and the bridge was completed in the summer of 1826. Telford used eye-bar chains in its construction rather than cables.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1840

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B65_219

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,1Mb) / 16,7in x 11,6in / 5007 x 3490 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather transport transportation river cloud clouds sailing boat boat boats Wales country tower wave bridge British geography color colour windy suspension bridge location sailboat century Britain Welsh civil engineering conwy road bridge estuary 19th century water transport nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive geographical feature TGN engraving landscape Unknown Thomas Thomas Telford Telford Thomas Telford engraving landscape