Blind stamped: "Photographed by W. May Devonport".
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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- Lenticular iron truss bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, carrying the Great Western Railway over the River Tamar between Devon and Cornwall. Construction began in 1854 and the bridge opened in May 1859.
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- Access point created by volunteer Bridget Andrews, July 2022.
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Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, England
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Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, England
- UF Saltash Bridge