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Maidenhead Bridge on Great Western Railway, ca 1860

Maidenhead Bridge on the Great Western Railway, c1860. Bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) to carry the GWR across the Thames at Maidenhead, Berkshire. Critics were convinced that the bridge would fall because of the breadth and flatness of the arches, 128 ft (39m) wide with a rise of 24ft 3in (7.39m) to the crown, but they were proved wrong. Opened 1839. From "The Land We Live In" (London, c1860) (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images).

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Maidenhead Bridge on Great Western Railway, ca 1860

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Maidenhead Bridge on the Great Western Railway, c1860. Bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) to carry the GWR across the Thames at Maidenhead, Berkshire. Critics were convinced that the bridge would fall because of the breadth and flatness of the arches, 128 ft (39m) wide with a rise of 24ft 3in (7.39m) to the crown, but they were proved wrong. Opened 1839. From "The Land We Live In" (London, c1860) (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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43.2 x 25.8 cm | 17.0 x 10.2 in (300 dpi)

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19TH CENTURY • 19TH • ARCHITECTURE • BERKSHIRE • BRITISH CULTURE • DAY • DESIGN • ENGINEERING • GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HORIZONTAL • ILLUSTRATION AND PAINTING • ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL • LAND WE LIVE IN, THE • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • MAIDENHEAD BRIDGE • MAIDENHEAD • NO PEOPLE • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • RIVER THAMES • THAMES • TRAIN BRIDGE • TRANSPORTATION • UK • WITHOUT PEOPLE • XIX CENTURY