Suspension Collection

Albert Bridge London
Connecting Chelsea and Battersea : built 1871-3 by R M Ordish using a hybrid cantilever and suspension technique. Date: circa 1880

Clifton suspension bridge from the cliffs, Bristol, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Suspension Bridge and River Ouse, Bedford, Bedfordshire. Date: circa 1910s

Hammersmith Bridge, west London, was the first suspension bridge over the River Thames. It was designed by noted civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Date: completed 1887

Hammersmith Bridge C1828
suspension bridge, with people and boats

Two bridges over the River Tamar, Devon and Cornwall
Two bridges over the River Tamar, connecting Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. On the left is the Royal Albert Bridge, a railway bridge designed by Brunel and completed in 1859

Scene on Conwy Harbour, North Wales
A wonderful, atmospheric view of Conwy Harbour, North Wales, with the silhouette of the Castle in the background. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1960

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

The Suspension Bridge, Clifton, Bristol County
The Suspension Bridge, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol County, England. Date: 1900s

Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon, Bristol
Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon Gorge, Bristol. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Date: 1905

Telfords suspension bridge across the Menai Straits
The suspension bridge across the Menai Straits, built by Thomas Telford in 1819-1826. Together with a similar bridge across the Conway River it completed the main route to Ireland via Holyhead

Runcorn Bridge 1905
This bridge connected Runcorn and Widnes across the river Mersey. It opened 29 May 1905, replacing the previous ferry. Known locally as " The Car" after its suspension bridge

Sydney Bridge Construct
The Sydnet Harbour bridge nearing completion : at the time of its opening, it is the largest suspension bridge in the world

Suspension Bridge and Castle, Inverness, Scotland
Suspension Bridge and Castle, Inverness, Highland, Scotland Date: 1944

Hammersmith Bridge, London - designed by the noted civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Date: 1909

Bristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge
Bristol - The Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel) over the River Avon Gorge - a paddlesteamer passes beneath. Date: 1936

Rowing Boats passing under Hammersmith Bridge, London, 1843
Engraving showing rowing boats, participating in the Thames Regatta of 1843, passing Hammersmith suspension bridge

Clifton Suspension Brg
The Bridge under construction. Part of the bridge was moved from the old Hungerford Bridge over the Thames

Clifton Bridge Photo
Clifton suspension bridge over the Avon, linking Gloucester- shire and Somerset, opened 1864, is largely constructed from the materials of Londons former Hungerford Bridge

Suspension Bridge, Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia
Suspension Bridge (Cammeray Bridge) over Long Bay Gully, Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia Date: 1903

Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Bournemouth, Dorset
Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Bournemouth, near Poole, Dorset, England. Date: 1920s

Menai Bridge with steamship
The steam ferryboat St. Seiriol passing under the Menai Bridge designed by Thomas Telford

Avon Gorge, Clifton, Bristol - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Brooklyn Bridge over East River, New York City, USA
Brooklyn Bridge over the East River, New York City, USA, as seen from Manhattan Bridge. Date: circa 1935

Alvsborg Bridge, Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden
Alvsborg Bridge, suspension bridge over the Gota River, Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden. It was built in 1966. Date: circa 1960s

Workmen repairing part of the walkways on Tower Bridge

The Railway Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls

Verrazano Bridge
The Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, (Staten Island - Brooklyn), New York, U.S.A. The upper level opened 21 November 1964, the lower opened 28 June 1969. Date: 1960s

Bristol Clifton
The Avon at Clifton during the construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, viewed from the ferry

The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883
Engraving showing the walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883

River Avon, Bristol
A fine overview of the River Avon and the city of Bristol, England, photographed from Brunels famous Clifton Suspension Bridge

Marlow Church & Bridge
A delighful glimpse of All Saints Church, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, seen through the suspension bridge (built 1829 - 1832) over the River Thames

THE TWO MENAI BRIDGES
The two Menai bridges - the suspension road bridge built by Telford, opened January 1826; and the tubular railway bridge by Stephenson and Fairbairn, opened 1850. Date: 1850

World War One Royal Navy Rhine Patrol Flotilla - Motor Launches, Deutz, Cologne/K� Germany. Showing also the lost Deutz Suspension Bridge crossing the Rhine. Date: 1918

Entrance to Menai Bridge
The entrance to the Menai Bridge from the Carnarvon shore. The bridge between mainland Wales and Anglesey was designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1826

R. Roe, Limavady - a view of two boys standing on a suspension bridge over the river. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Limavady). Date: circa early 1900s

Suspension Bridge, Clifton, Bristol County
Suspension Bridge, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol County, England. Date: 1910s

The great East River suspension bridge--Connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn. View of Brooklyn Bridge with many sailing craft, including a large paddle-wheeled steamer. Date c1874

Hampden Bridge, Australia
Hampden Suspension Brdge over the Kangaroo River, Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia

Spokane River with Suspension Foot Bridge, Down River Park, Spokane, Washington State, USA Date: circa 1940

Llanfair parish church and graveyard, with Telford's Menai suspension bridge, opened 1826, spanning the straits in the distance. Date: 1909

L'Amortisseur Haubourdin (Shock Absorber)
L'Amortisseur Haubourdin (The Haubourdin Shock Absorber). Date: circa 1925

Royal Blue buses at the Menai Suspension Bridge, Anglesey
Royal Blue buses waiting for passengers at the Menai Suspension Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, probably 1920s Date: circa 1920s

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, Somerset, England. Date: 1963

Tamar Suspension Bridge, Plymouth, Devon, England. Date: 1964

Paper maker removing a screen with a sheet of paper from a vat
Paper maker in cap using a screen to remove a sheet of paper from a vat of fibers in suspension. Behind him, a large press, stack of papers, and sheets of paper drying from the ceiling

Coach suspension machinery for horse-drawn carriages
Coach suspension: view of the fore wheels of a crane-necked carriage and Mr. Jacobs contrivance for the forewheels of a coach. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Vintage 19th century photograph: bridge of boats, pontoon bridge, River Rhine, Cologne, Koln, Germany c.1870 s

World War II captured German U boat Tower Bridge London
World War II vintage photograph - captured German U boat U776 passes under Tower Bridge London

Body suspension festival of Mariatal or Chidi Mari, India
Festival of Mariatal, Churrack-Pooja, Carak Puja or Chidi Mari, near Pondicheri, India

View of the East River Bridges, New York, USA
View from the top of the Woolworth Building looking toward the East River Bridges (The Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge), New York, USA. circa 1910s

Suspension Bridge, Kenmare, County Kerry Ireland

Wardown Park Suspension Bridge, built in 1908, is situated within Wardown Park in the northern suburbs of Luton in the valley of the River Lea, Bedfordshire - Raphael Tuck postcard 1914 Date: 1908

Clifton Suspension Brisge - postcard published by Great Western Railway, Series 5

Bristol Suspension Bridge Victorian period Date: 19th century

Bristol Clifton Suspension Bridge early 1900s

Bristol Suspension Bridge probably 1920s

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, early 1900s

Menai Suspension Bridge, Menai Strait, Bangor, North Wales - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Panorama of Budapest, Hungary. Date: circa 1930s

Modernist House, Sneyd Park, Bristol
A photograph of the south elevation of a modernist house, which stands on high ground above Avon Gorge, by the Clifton suspension bridge, Sneyd Park, Bristol

Tower Bridge
A drawing which shows a view from low down, of Tower Bridge, a bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry

RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's gold memorial medal
RMS Titanic - property of Maria Robinson, fiancee of Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist, who died in the disaster

On Brooklyn Bridge
An etching showing a view of Manhattan, from Brooklyn Bridge, a hybrid cable suspension structure, which spans the East River of New York City, United States. Date: circa 1921

Niagara Falls in winter, with ice and frozen trees. Captioned, The Queen of Cataracts in Winter'

Tower Bridge, River Thames, London
A raised Tower Bridge seen from the southern side of the river towards the Tower of London. The bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge, built between 1886 and 1894

Bristol - Cabot Tower and the Clifton Suspension Bridge (viewed from the Observatory). Date: 1910

The Menai Suspension Bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Date: 1927

Vintage 19th century photograph: Bala town and lake, Wales

Vintage 19th century photograph - horse and carriage on the road at Ampezzo, with the lake Durrensee and mount Cristallo in the background, Italian Dolomites, mountains

Vintage 19th century photograph - view of the city of Karlsbad, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Earthquake damage in Japan c. 1890, collapsed bridge
19th century vintage photograph: earthquake damage in Japan c.1890, collapsed bridge

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA, c. 1890
Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA, c.1890

Cavenagh Bridge Singapore River
c.1900 vintage photograph: Cavenagh Bridge is the only suspension bridge and one of the oldest bridges in Singapore, spanning the lower reaches of the Singapore River

Australia - Sydney - suspension bridge, Northbridge
c.1900 vintage photograph: Australia - Sydney - suspension bridge, Northbridge

Elevated railway or El Train at 110th Street New York
Curve on the elevated railway or El Train at 110th Street New York. Vintage 19th century photograph

Manhattan Bridge, New York City, NY, USA

Young lad with a magnificent wooden toy car
Raymond, Aunt Bettys brother happily sat behind the wheel of his magnificent wooden toy car (possibly a pedal car)

Poster, Peugeot cars, marvellous suspension

Types of American locomotives, 1876-1882. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines. Also illustrated with scenes such as Erie Railway Suspension Bridge. Date: 1885

View toward the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford. Date: 1953

Training school ship HMS Conway, aground in the Menai Strait
Training school ship HMS Conway, which ran aground on flat rocks - the Platters on the Menai Strait - near the Menai Suspension Bridge - from where this photo was taken. Date: 1953

The Menai Suspension Bridge built in 1826 by Thomas Telford
The Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford. Date: 1953

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