WPW002035 WALES (1920). View of the Menai suspension bridge, Bangor, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.

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Title [WPW002035] View of the Menai suspension bridge, Bangor, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
Reference WPW002035
Date July-1920
Link Coflein Archive Item 6370241
Place name
Parish
District
Country WALES
Easting / Northing 255670, 371400
Longitude / Latitude -4.1619800253729, 53.219736811669
National Grid Reference SH557714

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This image shows the middle set of chains that were removed during WW2

Clare King
Wednesday 5th of November 2014 01:58:13 PM
A great view of the Menai suspension Bridge providing passage over the Menai straights between Anglesey and mainland North Wales.

KimberlyBriscoe
Monday 16th of December 2013 04:48:17 PM
The Menai bridge- a really popular image at the Oriel Ynys Mon Big Draw Day!

Natasha Scullion
Monday 4th of November 2013 02:06:01 PM
Showing off the results of a hard morning's work!

Natasha Scullion
Friday 1st of November 2013 12:18:57 PM
Working on the banner

Alison Cutforth
Monday 4th of November 2013 01:52:05 PM
Looking at shapes and objects in the Aerofilms images

Alison Cutforth
Monday 4th of November 2013 01:58:41 PM
Catrin Williams and our morning sketchers share the mornings achievements

Alison Cutforth
Monday 4th of November 2013 02:06:01 PM
The Menai bridge, designed by Thomas Telford & completed in 1826 it links the Isle of Anglesey with the Welsh mainland stretching over 170m of the Menai Straits.

Natasha Scullion
Friday 1st of November 2013 03:48:02 PM
Today it still stands proudly with a visit from one of the Woolly Squadron!

Natasha Scullion
Friday 1st of November 2013 03:48:02 PM
Image is reversed

bill
Thursday 13th of December 2012 09:15:49 AM
This shot is reversed - it should be the other way round

MarkWP
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 09:00:32 PM
Your right about it being reversed

Gwynpw
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 09:00:32 PM
This photo must have been taken before World War 2 as during the war my father recalled the three original wrought iron chains suspending the bridge deck were replaced with two steel chains. He was a second liutenant in the Home Guard and believed that the operation was carried out as secretly as possible in order to upgrade the weight limit from 6 tonnes in order to facilitate the rapid deployment of heavy armour in the event that Anglesey beaches were used by the enemy to land an invasion.

A sample link from the original chains used to be in the museum in Bangor but I haven't checked if it is still there.

Gwynpw
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 08:57:49 PM
Another lovely image displayed in the wrong area

L. E. Watson
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 08:59:49 AM
This image is a mirrored image. It needs to be reversed.

RogerF
Monday 25th of June 2012 05:58:20 PM