Conway tubular bridge--With the preparations for raising the second tube / G. Hawkins, del. et lith. ; Day & Son lithrs. to the queen. – Antique Wall Art
![Conway tubular bridge--With the preparations for raising the second tube / G. Hawkins, del. et lith. ; Day & Son lithrs. to the queen., [London : Published by John Weale, 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3b/3b48f1f8fa5d-L.webp)
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A window into the past: Conway tubular bridge--With the preparations for raising the second tube / G. Hawkins, del. et lith. ; Day & Son lithrs. to the queen., preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Conway tubular bridge--With the preparations for raising the second tube / G. Hawkins, del. et lith. ; Day & Son lithrs. to the queen.
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The plate records the work of raising the second iron tube of the Conway bridge in north Wales, a moment when the structure was still being assembled. The tubes were box girders carrying the Chester and Holyhead Railway across the Conwy estuary, a design associated with Robert Stephenson, who also built the nearby Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait. George Hawkins drew and lithographed the plate, and John Weale published it in 1849 as an illustration for Edwin Clark's account of the two bridges, written for engineers and general readers alike.
| Created / published | [London : Published by John Weale, 1849] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, tinted. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Britannia and Conway tubular bridges / by Edwin Clark. London : published for the author, by John Weale, 1850, pl. [36]. |
| Subjects | Bridge construction--Great Britain--1840-1850. Bridges--Wales--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,156 × 1,459 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216489 |
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