Robert Stephenson (with Menai Bridge, opened 1850, in background)

With facsimile autograph. Robert Stephenson and Sir Joseph Fairbairn’s Britannia railway bridge over the Menai Strait to Angelsey was opened in 1850. The tubular sections of the bridge were constructed at C. J. Mare and Co's ironworks at Blackwall (forerunner of the Thames Ironworks).

Object Details

ID: PAI5004
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lucas, John; Bellin, Samuel
Places: Menai Strait
Date made: 1850
People: Robert Stephenson
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 809 x 516 mm; Mount: 805 mm x 515 mm
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