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Bridges -- England -- Menai Straits.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Robert Stephenson letter: to Charles Parker

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113564110]
Identifier: 4700-0014
Scope and content

Autograph letter signed in which Stephenson describes the placement (the day previously) of the center span of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits, Wales; one of the great engineering feats of the 19th century.

Dates: 1849 June 21.