Bridges Collection (#20)

R Stephenson (Daguerr)
ROBERT STEPHENSON Engineer, associated chiefly with bridges such as the Menai railway bridge : drawn in 1849

R Stephenson (Holl)
ROBERT STEPHENSON Engineer, associated chiefly with bridges such as the Menai railway bridge : drawn in 1849

R Stephenson (Richmond)
ROBERT STEPHENSON Engineer, associated chiefly with bridges such as the Menai railway bridge : drawn in 1849

Paris / Bridge / Change 1890
busy with people and traffic, with the Conciergerie in the background

Paris / Eight Bridges 1905
View of Paris with eight bridges

Paris / Bridge / Alexandre
with pedestrians and traffic

Paris / Cite / From Louvre
Ile de la Cite, viewed from the Louvre

Waterloo Bridge 1926
a night-time scene

Westminster Bridge 1858
viewed from the river, with Big Ben on the left

Waterloo Bridge 1905
before rebuilding

Southwark Bridge 1905
with boats

Waterloo Bridge 1917
viewed from Hungerford Bridge

Westminster Bridge C1900
with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Tower Bridge / Constructed
during construction

Tower Bridge 1905
on the road approaching the bridge

Tower Bridge 1914
viewed from below

London Bridge / 1832
with fishing boats and fishermen, viewed from Billingsgate at low water

London Bridge / Nonsuch Hs
London Bridge with Nonsuch House, as it looked in the 17th century

London Bridge C1850
with heavy traffic crossing the bridge; the Monument and the church of St Magnus can be seen on the far right

Hungerford Bridge 1846

Chelsea Bridge 1858
with boats

Chelsea Bridge 1906

Evening on the Thames
A superbly evocative view of the river Thames in the early evening

Battle River Bridge
Construction of the Battle River Viaduct of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

Forth Bridge
A passenger train can cross the Forth Bridge while maintaining a speed of 90 km/h. Completed in 1890, it is one of the engineering triumphs of its time

Building Trestle Viaduct
Building a trestle bridge : once the woodwork has been completed, soil and rock are washed down onto the lower levels, giving it a solid base

Dane Viaduct, Staffs
A Grand Fete is held beneath the Dane Viaduct, Staffordshire to celebrate its completion. The banner on the left of the picture reads: To the Workmen of Great Britain

Nulli Secundus Airship
A modified version of the Nulli Secundus, intended for military use

Jockey / Danny Morgan 20C
Danny Morgan, jockey, in the colours of Captain JW Bridges

Ballochmyle Viaduct
Centring for the viaduct, on the Glasgow and South- Western Railway

Menai Tubular Bridge
Construction of the main tube on the staging of Stephensons Britannia tubular bridge across the Menai Strait

Difficulties of Travel
The difficulties of travel in the Middle Ages : Buckingham, on his way to fight Richard III, finds the river Severn impassible - and of course at this time bridges are few

Saltash Viaduct Opened
Prince Albert opens Brunels magnificent viaduct, which also inaugurates the rail link to Cornwall

Panhandle Br Louisville
A railway train rattles over the impressively long Panhandle Bridge at Louisville, Kentucky

Brooklyn Bridge NY - 2
The majestic Brooklyn Bridge which spans the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn

S American Rope Bridge
A rope bridge over a river at the entrance to a lake in the South American countryside, drawn by Alexander von Humboldt during his travels

Tay Bridge Photo 4
The destroyed central section of the Tay railway bridge from which a passenger train crashed into the river at night drowning between 75 and 90 passengers

Railway Bridge Ipswich
A train crosses the railway bridge over the Gipping, at Ipswich, Suffolk

King Edward Br Newcastle
King Edwards Bridge

Hexham Bridge
Linnolds Bridge, Hexham, Northumberland - a fine single-arch stone bridge

Ancient Mexican Bridge
Ancient bridge in Tlascala province, Mexico

Bridge of Boats, India
A floating bridge, formed with boats, across the Indus at Khushal Garh

Tolls 15th Century
Flemish merchants pay a toll in order to cross a bridge - tolls were paid on entering a town or crossing bridges or passing through some lords lands

Garabit Viaduct, France
A close-up of the revolutionary wrought-iron trusses used by Gustave Eiffel in the construction of the viaduc de Garabit, Southern France

Eads Bridge, St Louis
The newly-built Eads Bridge over the Mississippi at St Louis, Missouri

London Bridge 1833
A view of the old and new London bridges

Rebuilding London Bridge
The rebuilding of London Bridge, with numerous boats in the foreground and the Monument visible in the distance

I K Brunel / Mayall
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c

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