A. W. Banks was commissioned to sculpt a plaque for Clifton Suspension Bridge in 1959 to commemorate the centenary of Brunel's death.
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Zonder titelNumber 190 of 500 engraved rose bowls created to commemorate Bristol's association with the Great Western Railway. Engraved with an image of Clifton Suspension Bridge and on the reverse, the GWR seal.
Zonder titelValentine's series: 30598. Registered in 1899.
Sold by S. J. Thomas, Boyce's Avenue Clifton.
Addressed to Mr R. H. Lawfors with a message from Harry.
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.
Zonder titelThe card is incorrectly inscribed "The Observatory Clifton" on the reverse.
Zonder titelThe abutments and towers of Clifton Suspension Bridge were built between 1836 and 1843 and abandoned in 1853. Work began onsite to finish the bridge in 1862.
Zonder titelThe chains were completed by 6 May 1864.
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