The Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash ([1859])
Richard Thomas Pentreath
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | M SC2189 |
| Devon | PLY | I/S |
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SC2189
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CD 33 DVD 5
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Jewitt, Llewellynn. The illustrated handbook of Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse. Plymouth: W. H. Luke, 1865. pp. 67, 69.THE ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGEOf the Cornwall Railway, which crosses the river Tamer on its way from Plymouth into Cornwall, consists of 19 spans or arches, 17 of which are wider than the widest arches of Westminster Bridge, and two resting on a single cast-iron pier of four columns in the centre of the river, span the whole stream at one gigantic leap of 910 feet. [
]This noble structure was opened by the Prince Consort, with great ceremony, on the 2nd May, 1859; and the railway was opened for traffic on the following day. [Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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Steel l.engr vign
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110x185mm
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1859