elansprint72 Posted June 29, 2010 Share #1 Posted June 29, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) A link in Thomas Telford's exquisite Menai suspension bridge, connecting mainland Wales to the island of Anglesey. V-lux1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 29, 2010 Posted June 29, 2010 Hi elansprint72, Take a look here Bridge link detail.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stuny Posted June 29, 2010 Share #2 Posted June 29, 2010 Pete - Lovely, bold, simple with excellent clarity and color. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted June 29, 2010 Share #3 Posted June 29, 2010 ohhh . . . it hurts thinking about the shear in that pin Pete . . . if you can back off to show what more of the bridge looks like, that'd be great also ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samwells Posted July 1, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 1, 2010 Pete: Lovely abstract combination of sensuous curves and angular straight lines, and an elegant minimalist color range. cheers: Sam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted July 1, 2010 Thanks chaps. This is Thomas Telford's Menai bridge, he started building this in 1819, two years before the death of Napoleon Bonaparte! It is still in use. Here is a long shot, which illustrates the height of his masterpiece, Telford had to ensure that there was enough headroom on the high-water springs for a sailing ship with 100 foot masts to pass clear underneath. There is a savage tidal race through the straight, some while back we arrived at the wrong time and, despite dropping sails, we were moving backwards over the ground with the engine on full whack. Telford's story is worth a read if you are of an engineering persuasion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted July 3, 2010 Share #6 Posted July 3, 2010 Pete . . . i did not realize that your first photo was the "cable" ! ! ! i did read the wikipedia summary of his life . . . . definitely an engineer who worked his way up the technical ropes, starting as a stonemason (could you imagine stonemasonary being a required course for engineers today ? ?) anyway . . . from wikipedia, about the "cable" . . . the crossing of the Menai Strait was the most formidable challenge, overcome by the Menai Suspension Bridge (1819–1826). Spanning 580 feet (180 m), this was the longest suspension bridge of the time. Unlike modern suspension bridges, Telford used individually linked 9.5-foot (2.9 m) iron eye bars for the cables. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George James Posted July 5, 2010 Share #7 Posted July 5, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Pete, Great detail shot, could almost be a piece of modern art. George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share #8 Posted July 5, 2010 Dave and George, thanks for commenting. Another, slightly closer, view here, along with the story of the construction and details of the other bridge across the straits in the link from my reply post. http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/landscape-travel/130516-masterpiece.html#post1377529 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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