Inscribed "Rocks at Clifton on the Avon at Bristol, Engd". The abutments and towers of Clifton Suspension Bridge were built between 1836 and 1843. However, money ran out and the project was finally abandoned when the Clifton Suspension Bridge Act expired in 1853 and the existing ironwork was sold off. Work did not begin again on site to finish the bridge until 1862.
Paulton, Samuel, photographerStereoscopic photographs collected by Adrian Andrews and primarily of Clifton Suspension Bridge, including images of its construction and photographs of bridges from around the world including: Hungerford Bridge; Menai Bridge; Brooklyn Bridge, New York; Niagara Falls Bridge; Bangor Suspension Bridge; Chester Suspension Bridge; Schuylkill Suspension Bridge, Philadelphia; rope bridge at Carrick-A-Rede, County Antrim, Ireland; Waterloo Bridge over the River Conway; Balloch Bridge, Pont de Saitn-Andre-de-Cubzac, Bordeaux; Britannia Tubular Bridge and the suspension bridge at Fribourg, Switzerland.
Reverse carries stamp and Royal crest: "Photographer to the Queen and H.R.H the Prince of Wales / C. V. Bark (Late Beattie & Bark) / Strathearn House / Clifton Bristol."
Bark, Cyrus Voss, (d.1913), photographerReverse carries stamp and Royal crest: "Photographer to the Queen and H.R.H the Prince of Wales / John Beattie / Strathearn House / Clifton Bristol."
Beattie, John, (1820 - 1883), photographerNo. 1284. Reverse carries crested stamp: "Photographed by F. Bedford photographer to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales."
Bedford, Francis (1815 -1894), photographerReverse is inscribed: "A N ABN. JN. &SN. August 1871 Clifton". The image shown however dates from before the Bridge was completed in 1864.
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