Clifton Suspension Bridge 150th Anniversary Fireworks

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Channel: mesmoland · 2014 · Travel & Events

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The Clifton Suspension Bridge FIREWORKS, 7th December, 7.00pm 2014 to celebrate 150 Years of operation,it first opened to the public on 8th December 1864.
The Clifton Suspension Bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset, England. The bridge is built to a design by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw, based on an earlier design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is a grade I listed building and forms part of the B3129 road.
Brunel died in 1859, without seeing the completion of the bridge. Brunel's colleagues in the Institution of Civil Engineers felt that completion of the Bridge would be a fitting memorial, and started to raise new funds

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