I guessed, from what I could see at street level, this might be a view, which could be
seen from the roof of some of the houses on Broad Street and sent a sketch of it I did
from imagination to the owners of those properties in the hope that t
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The Conwy Suspension Bridge and the Menai Straits Bridge were built simultaneously as part of the Great Highway between Chester and Holyhead. Both were opened in 1826.
Built in the shadow of the medieval 13th century Conwy Castle, this elegant suspension bridge was one of the first road suspension bridges to be built in the world. Spanning the River Conwy the bridge replaced the ferry which was, previously, the only means of crossing the river. Attempting the crossing before this was a daunti
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Craigellachie Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge located in Speyside, Moray, Scotland at Craigellachie near the village of Arbelour. Designed by Thomas Telford, it was built between 1812-1814.
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Originally known as Cille Cummein or Cummein’s Church, Fort Augustus is situated on the shores of the southern bank of the world famous Loch Ness.
Fort Augustus was named after William Augustus, son of George II. It is also the site of the old military barracks, the Fort having now been replaced by a Benedictine Abbey.
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The Menai Strait is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water which separates the island of Anglesey from the Welsh mainland. Bridged in two places, the main A5 road is carried over the strait by Thomas Telford’s spectacular, iron suspension bridge.
Telford designed the Menai Strait Bridge on a huge scale compared to smaller suspension bridges that had been built before. It was vital that this bridge be tall enough to allow for the passage of tall sailing ships that would frequently
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Situated near Llangollen, North Wales, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was built by Thomas Telford in 1795. The bridge carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee. Originally, this was part of what was known as the Ellesmere Canal.
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St Katharine Docks in London, on the site of the Medieval Hospital of Saint Katharine, opened in 1828. Telford squeezed in two docks and an entrance basin, by placing the warehouses on colonnades at the very edges of the quays. His entrance lock and quay walls are still there, with unusual sliding mooring rings in the entrance basin.
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John Wood was not just Bath’s most famous architect. He was an assiduous mythmaker. Druidic culture, Greek and Jewish history and alchemy were all grist to his mill as was Stonehenge, of which he made the first accurate survey. In this book, Kirsten Ell
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I had to plead with those in charge to get the fountains switched on so I could make a
drawing, standing on the edge of the traffic island opposite. It was a great pleasure
to take a close look at this structure which is full of quirky and imagi
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Engraved in 2002 but based on a drawing I did many years ago. Never was there a
more appropriate name for an area than this.
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