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CHAPTER XII. The Menai and Conway Bridges

《The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain》· Samuel Smiles

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CHAPTER XII. The Menai and Conway Bridges

Bridges projected over the Menai Straits

Telford's designs

Ingenious plan of suspended centering

Design of a suspension bridge over the Mersey at Runcorn

Design of suspension bridge at Menai

The works begun

The main piers

The suspension chains

Hoisting of the first main chain

Progress of the works to completion

The bridge formally opened

Conway Suspension Bridge