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Clifton Bridge
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DESIGNER |
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Continent |
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Europe |
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England |
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South West |
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Unitary authority |
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Bristol |
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Bristol |
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Avon river
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MAP |
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Transport buildings and structures
Bridges and walkways
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1829 - 1831
project winner of competition
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Realisation |
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1831 - 1864 |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Adrian Andrews, Michael Pascoe, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Broadcast Books, Bristol 2008 |
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David J. Brown, Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York 1993, p. 67 |
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Geoffrey Body, Clifton Suspension bridge, Moonraker Press, United Kingdom 1976 |
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Bruno Zevi, Spazî dell'architettura moderna, Einaudi, Torino 1973, tav. 11 [I. La genesi dell’architettura moderna] |
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Derrick Beckett, Great Buildings of the World. Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, New York 1969, pp. 65-75 |
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February 23, 2006 Coinciding with the bicentenary of the Brunel's birth, Royal Mail had issue a set of 6 stamps depicting some buildings of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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Lenght |
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Widht |
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Height |
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m. 101 above high water level |
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CREDITS |
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Photos © Adrian Pingstone, Denis Doukhan, Esther Masana Far
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