Sujet

Severn Bridge, Lydney, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 1951. Creator: JR Uppington.

Légende

Severn Bridge, Lydney, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, 1951. The Severn Bridge, viewed from the South Wales Railway on the west bank of the River Severn. The Severn Bridge was opened in 1879, and carried the Severn and Wye Railway across the River Severn. In 1960, two barges collided with a bridge pier, and two spans collapsed. In 1961, during repair work, a similar collision occurred and it was deemed uneconomical to repair the bridge. It was demolished in the late 1960s. Following the opening of the Severn Road Bridge in 1966, the Severn Bridge is often referred to as the Severn Railway Bridge.

Date

1951

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_210

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

66,0Mo (2,2Mo) / 46,5cm x 35,6cm / 5493 x 4199 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river England railways engineering country bridge bridges British geography English railway structure location Victorian century Britain civil engineering riverbank Gloucestershire B&W severn bridge fifties railway bridge 1950s 19th century black & white black and white B W 20th century nineteenth century River Severn decade geographical feature Severn TGN photograph Historic England 19th-century JR Uppington Uppington JR South Wales Railway