Menai Bridge. Trees and bushes in the foreground.
My bargain find today : The Menai Bridge, 1830s. Completed 200 years ago. #telford #menai200
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1840 lithograph of the Menai Suspension Bridge (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menai_Suspension_Bridge#/media/File:The_suspension_bridge,_over_the_Menai.jpeg
"I heard him then, for I had just
Completed my design
To keep the Menai bridge from rust
By boiling it in wine." -Lewis Carroll
The Menai suspension bridge, designed by Thomas Telford to connect Wales & Anglesey, opened #OnThisDay in 1826.
www.gov.wales/iconic-menai...
#histSTM #Menai200 🗃️📜🌉
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