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GB 3493 T · Collection · 1828 - current

This collection consists of material created by the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust (CSBT) and its predecessors during the course of its business. Also included are papers created by the Bridge's consulting engineers and deposited with the CSBT, these are:
Howard Humphreys & Sons and Howard Humphreys & Partners (1910 - 2006)
Flint & Neill Partnership/Cowi (2006 - )

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The Adrian Andrews Collection
GB 3493 AA · Collection · c. 1760s - 2017

• 20 CDs containing digitally-born and digital surrogate files of Adrian Andrews’ images and research, including drafts and proofs for the guidebook, Clifton Suspension Bridge, by Adrian Andrews and Michael Pascoe, (Broadcast Books, 2008) (c. 2000 – 2016)
• Two A3 portfolio folders containing original prints of various bridges (c.1770s – 1880s), copies and grangerized extracts from nineteenth-century publications (including The London Illustrated News, The Scotsman), photographic prints and negatives of Clifton Suspension Bridge and other bridges, photocopies of letters and papers from archives and photographic prints of exhibitions boards (2006).
• 7 lever arch folders and one folder containing prints, drafts for Andrews' publications and research notes concerning the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the history of bridge engineering in general and Kings Weston House, Bristol.
• One stereoscope and 209 stereoscopic photographs of bridges, including 84 images of Clifton Suspension Bridge (c.1850s – 1910).
• Three commemorative medallions: iron bridge at Coalbrook (opened 1779), London Bridge (opened 1831) and the Thames Tunnel (opened 1845).
• One hard drive containing approximately 32,500 images relating to Adrian Andrew’s historic research and design work.
• Collection of books and 7 framed prints relating to Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the history of bridge construction and engineering.

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GB 3493 199 · Pièce · c. 1864 - 1887

One side of the jug is decorated with an image of Clifton Suspension Bridge, the other is inscribed with this poem:
'Here Gentlemen, come try your skill,
I’ll hold a wager if you will.
That you don’t drink this liq’r all,
Without you spill or let some fall.'

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GB 3493 197 · Pièce · 20 December 2001

This print (which may date later than when the image was taken) was one of the three winners of the Bristol Post Clifton Suspension Bridge 150th Anniversary photo competition held in December 2014. The steam train shown is the Avonside Engine Co. Fishponds Works Bristol 0-6-OST IW & D 34 (works no. 1764) of the Bristol Industrial Museum, M-Shed on a 'opening' test run.

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GB 3493 196 · Pièce · 6 June 1826

The handbill describes Mr G. Courtney's second attempt of crossing the Avon Gorge at 6:30pm on Monday 5 June 1826. The first crossing took place on 22 May 1826 when Courtney 'flew' across the Avon Gorge horizontally from a rope suspended from a point above the Giant's Cave to a tree in Leigh Woods. As well as a poem, the item includes a woodcut illustration showing winged figure flying over the Avon Gorge.

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GB 3493 192 · Pièce · 1865

The ode is headed with an image of Clifton Suspension Bridge and accompanied by lists of the military, bridge and civic processions. It was originally printed by Jeffries & Sons, (machine printers and lithographers), in 1864 and was republished by J. Hayward and presented gratis with Hayward's Illustrated Family Almanack for 1865.

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