Hydraulic lifting gear used to raise the tubes

1849 Illustration, showing Hydraulic lifting gear used to raise the tubes of the Britannia bridge, over the Menai Straits, into position. Begun by Robert Stephenson in 1846, the bridge was opened on 18 March 1850

1846 Begun Hydraulic Menai Raise Stephenson Straits Tubes

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > WHA