Sujet
The Britannia Tubular Bridge, Menai Strait, Wales, c1850. Artist: Unknown
Légende
The Britannia Tubular Bridge, Menai Strait, Wales, c1850. The Britannia Tubular Bridge with the Menai Suspension Bridge, a road bridge of 1826, in the background. A sailing ship and a steamship sail on the sea below. The Britannia Tubular Bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and was completed in 1850. It was constructed to provide trains of the Chester and Holyhead Railway with a passageway across the Menai Straits from mainland Wales to Anglesey.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1850
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_332
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,1Mo (3,8Mo) / 41,5cm x 24,2cm / 4903 x 2861 (300dpi)