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Creator:
Cumming, T. G
Title(s):

Description of the iron bridges of suspension now erecting over the strait of Menai, at Bangor, and over the river Conway, in North Wales : with two views, also some account of the different bridges of suspension in England and Scotland, particularly of Captain S. Brown's iron bar bridge over the river Tweed : with remarks on the proposed suspension bridge over the river Mercy, at Runcorn Gap, and some calculations of the strength of malleable iron, founded on experiments / by T.G. Cumming, surveyor.

Published/Created:
London : Printed for J. Taylor, at the Architectural LIbrary, 59, High Holborn, 1824
Physical Description:
55, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
TG400 C97 1824
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN College Pamphlets 1245 14: From the library of the Rev. Colin Campbell.
BAC: This copy is the Abbey copy.
BAC: Bound with three parts of: History and antiquities of the cathedral churches of Great Britain / by James Storer. London : Rivingtons ..., 1814-1819. (Lincoln, York and St. Paul's) and A catalogue of modern books on architecture, theoretical, practical, and ornamental ... / London, 1824.
Engraved plates on folded leaves signed: "M. Dubourg sculpt."
"A catalogue of plans, elevations, and views of various bridges, sold by J. Taylor": pages [57-58] at end.
Menai Bridge designed by Thomas Telford.
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 526
Subject Terms:
Campbell, Colin, 1806 or 1807-1856 -- Ownership.
Great Britain.
Menai Suspension Bridge (Wales)
Suspension bridges -- Great Britain.
Suspension bridges.
Telford, Thomas, 1757-1834.
Wales -- Menai Suspension Bridge.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1824.
Tracts (literary works)
Contributors:
Taylor, J. (Josiah), publisher.
Gosnell, Samuel, printer.
Dubourg, Matthew, active 1806-1838, engraver.
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