Images Dated 2007 October

Clifton Suspension Bridge BB89_03974

CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, Bristol. The bridge under construction. Work began on the bridge in 1836 under the supervision of Isambard Kingdom Brunel but stopped due to lack of funds. Work resumed in the 1860s and the bridge was finished in 1864

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Bridge, Construction, People, Victorian, Work

Malmesbury BB95_10457

MARKET SQUARE, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. A rooftop view looking over Market Square, showing the market cross (c.1500) and the abbey ruins. The abbey was the setting for man's first flight attempt in the form of a monk named Elmer who threw himself from the abbey tower and subsequently broke both his legs in c. 1000. Photographed in 1864 by W Hanks

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Cutty Sark AA065184

CUTTY SARK, Greenwich, London. A detail view of the stern of the Cutty Sark by night, showing her decorative name plate and rudder. The Cutty Sark, the most famous extreme tea clipper of her age, was finally moored in dry dock at Greenwich in 1954, and opened as a museum in 1957. Photograph 1955-1965, John Gay

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