RPP's Clifton Suspension Bridge Geocoin
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RPP
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Released:
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Monday, September 1, 2008
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Origin:
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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.
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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