Garmin Visit UK - Clifton Suspension Bridge Geocoin RPP's Clifton Suspension Bridge Geocoin

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Released:
Monday, September 1, 2008
Origin:
Southern England, United Kingdom
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To either visit other suspension bridges or visit anything/anywhere connected with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Please take photos and provide details of the locations' link to the geocoin's mission. Many thanks.

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Clifton Suspension Bridge Geocoin

The Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a versatile and imaginative engineer, was carried out contrary to the recommendation of Thomas Telford (1757-1834) who, as a result of the near destruction of his recently-built Menai Suspension Bridge (1819-26) by crosswinds, doubted the advisability of erecting a suspension bridge of this size in such an exposed position. The principal span of 214 m (702 ft) seems even more daring because of the 76 m (250 ft) deep gorge. It was characteristic of the period that Brunel sought to match the grandeur of the setting with a noble design, and the pylons (which were to have had sphinxes and hieroglyphic decoration) were of Egyptian inspiration. The bridge was delayed for lack of funds and was completed after Brunel's death using chains from another of his works, the Hungerford Suspension Bridge, London (1841-5). See http://www.clifton-suspension-bridge.org.uk/. To give you some clues as to where to take this geocoin, follow these links for information on: Suspension bridges - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_suspension_bridge_spans and on: Isambard Kingdom Brunel - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/brunel_kingdom_isambard.shtml and http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/ikb. Or search for caches by keywords.

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Tracking History (128.2mi) View Map

Dropped Off 3/13/2009 lopears placed it in Ruby Conker Southern England, United Kingdom - 73.41 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/31/2008 lopears retrieved it from The £480 Bridge Southern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Appropriate find as we are both Bristolians.
Dropped Off 12/18/2008 nade placed it in The £480 Bridge Southern England, United Kingdom - 1.04 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/27/2008 nade retrieved it from Bourne Valley Greenway 15 Southern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Wiil take to see my local suspension bridge!!
Dropped Off 10/26/2008 matanza placed it in Bourne Valley Greenway 15 Southern England, United Kingdom - 92.66 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/12/2008 matanza retrieved it from Cider with Rosie West Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Lovely geocoin that deserves a more fitting location, shall attempt to find one in the bear future.
Discovered It 9/27/2008 AJIGeo discovered it   Visit Log

left for someone else to enjoy
Dropped Off 9/20/2008 whitedrag0n placed it in Cider with Rosie West Midlands, United Kingdom - 33.48 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/18/2008 whitedrag0n retrieved it from Wolf's Lair Southern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Nice easy Cache

Dont Park at prinish abbey as we did and try and walk down to this cache you cannot there is no access. Even thought the road is supposed to go passed it.

In the end travel from portway up cache

TFTC
Dropped Off 9/16/2008 sniffadogz placed it in Wolf's Lair Southern England, United Kingdom - 18.74 miles  Visit Log
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