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Photographic print showing Maurice Tetard flying a Bristol Boxkite over Clifton Suspension Bridge
Taken from the Cumberland Basin. Tetard's flight took place in 1910. Due to the condition and type of photographic print, it is possible that this is a manipulated image that was created decades after the event.
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Marked as "Bristol Manufacture".
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Print entitled 'A View of St Vincents Rocks with the Hot Well's from Mr Warrens House...'
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Print of Clifton Suspension Bridge, No. 4276
This print shows the bridge as complete, however, the last construction phase to finish the bridge did not start until November 1862.
Rock & Co, London
Print of Hungerford Suspension Bridge
Coloured engraving showing Hungerford Suspension Bridge. Engraved by T H Shepherd and H S Barnard for Read & Co.'s "Mighty London" series.
Barnard, H S
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Print showing Hotwell House and the Clifton Piers
The print shows Brunel's 'suspended traveller'. This was a basket car which hung from an iron bar and was designed to help workmen cross the gorge during construction. On 27th September 1836, Brunel made the first successful crossing. Members of the public paid a fee to travel across. The suspended traveller was in place from 1836 to 1853.
Willis, W, artist
Rectangular pocket mirror decorated with photographic print of Clifton Suspension Bridge
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