Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, Cornwall Railway.

People:

William May (photographer)

Title:

Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, Cornwall Railway.

Date:

printed 1860s

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 stereoscopic photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver stereograph

Dimensions:

comp.: 7.7 x 7.3 cm secondary support: 8.5 x 17.5 cm sheet: 7.7 x 7.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0610

Inscription:

inscribed - ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE AT SALTASH, / CORNWALL RAILWAY. /Constructed of Wrought Iron, from Designs by I.K. Brunel, Esq., F.R.S. /Opened by the Prince Consort, 2nd May, 1859. / Dimensions. / ft. in. / Lengthof Bridge .... 2200 0/ Span of each Main Opening 455 0 / Height of CentralPier from / Foundation ..... 240 0 / Height of Roadway above High / Water ....100 0 / Ditto Low Water 118 0 / ft. in. / Height from Roadway to Top / of Tube... 72 0 / Diameter of Centre Pier 35 0 / " Tube, Horizontal 16 10 / " "Vertical ... 12 0 / Weight of each Tube, with Chains and / Roadway, 1100 Tons./ Photographed by W. May, Devonport. (in black ink, printed on pink paperlabel adhered to mount, verso, UC, CL, CR, LC)

Location:

Saltash; Cornwall; England; United Kingdom;

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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