Clifton Suspension Bridge Archives

Stereoview showing the Avon Gorge

GB 3493 AA/1/S/88
Item
c.1950 - 1970

Part of The Adrian Andrews Collection

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Stereoview of the Clifton Suspension Bridge showing a passenger waiting for the Rownham Ferry

GB 3493 AA/1/S/89
Item
c.1865 - 1867

Part of The Adrian Andrews Collection

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Stereoview of the Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash showing figures on the railway under the suspending tubes

GB 3493 AA/1/S/95
Item
c.1859

Part of The Adrian Andrews Collection

No. 104. Reverse carries the stamp: "Stereoscopic Treasures / Published by W. Spreat 229 High Street Exeter."
In 1853 the chains intended to be used for the Clifton Suspension Bridge were sold and reused to form Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. The bridge was opened by Prince Albert on 2 May 1859.

Spreat, W, publisher, 229 High Street, Exeter

Stereoview of the Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash taken from the South East

GB 3493 AA/1/S/96
Item
c.1859 - 1900

Part of The Adrian Andrews Collection

In 1853 the chains intended to be used for the Clifton Suspension Bridge were sold and reused to form Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. The bridge was opened by Prince Albert on 2 May 1859.

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Stereoview of the Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash

GB 3493 AA/1/S/99
Item
c.1859 - 1920

Part of The Adrian Andrews Collection

Reverse has label advertising Way & Sons' Stereoscopic Views of Devonshire Scenery, 13 Victoria Parade, Torquay.
In 1853 the chains intended to be used for the Clifton Suspension Bridge were sold and reused to form Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. The bridge was opened by Prince Albert on 2 May 1859.

Way & Sons

Stereoview of the Menheniot Viaduct, Cornwall

GB 3493 AA/1/S/101
Item
c.1850s

Part of The Adrian Andrews Collection

Reverse has text: "152. Menheniot Viaduct, Cornwall. / The height of this Viaduct, the most ornamental on the Cornwall Railway, is best seen and appreciated from the valley below. Its appearance is truly grand, stepping with gigantic strides from hill to hill, and dwarfing the tallest trees."
In 1845 the Cornwall Railway surveyed a line to link Plymouth with Truro and Falmouth, together with several branches. I K Brunel was the engineer. The viaduct at Menheniot was one of 34 timber fan viaducts built to Brunel's standard design.

Spreat, W, publisher, 229 High Street, Exeter