Treasure of the month - October 2002

Conway Tubular Bridge

Conway Tubular Bridge
with the preparations for raising the second tube

A plate from Clark, Edwin - The Britannia and Conway tubular bridges : with general inquires on beams and on the properties of materials used in construction, (1850).

From the 1801-1850 Collection
Quarto 624.4 CLA

The Conway Bridge was built by Robert Stephenson as part of the Chester to Holyhead Railway. It was opened in 1848. Edwin Clark was part of Stephenson's engineering team on the bridge. The publication of the book was sponsored by Stephenson.