Clifton Suspension Bridge Co
Other Business Names:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
Road management services inc turnpikes & road bridges & tunnels
Notes:
Established by act of parliament in 1861 to complete the building of Clifton Suspension Bridge at Bristol which had begun in 1831 to design of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, d1859. Road bridge funded by tolls. A company had originally been established to finance the construction. 1953 undertaking was transferred to the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust and the company was wound up
Publications:
- Business history of the Clifton Suspension Bridge by Portman, Derek
- Clifton Suspension Bridge by Andrews, Adrian, & Michael Pascoe
- Clifton Suspension Bridge. An illustrated history by Body, Geoffrey
- Complete Account of the Origin and Progress of the Clifton Suspension Bridge Over the River Avon by Webb, W W
- History and Construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge by Unknown
- History of Clifton Suspension Bridge by Barnes, G W, & Thomas Stevens
- History of Clifton Suspension Bridge by Cottrell, A E
- 'Suspension vix via fit. The saga of the building of the Clifton Suspension Bridge' in A Kelly & M Kelly (eds), Brunel. In love with the impossible. A celebration of the life, work and legacy of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Pascoe, Michael, & Adrian Andrews
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
Sectors:
- Transport services Road management services inc turnpikes & road bridges & tunnels
Notes:
Established by act of parliament in 1861 to complete the building of Clifton Suspension Bridge at Bristol which had begun in 1831 to design of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, d1859. Road bridge funded by tolls. A company had originally been established to finance the construction. 1953 undertaking was transferred to the Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust and the company was wound upPublications:
- Business history of the Clifton Suspension Bridge by Portman, Derek
- Clifton Suspension Bridge by Andrews, Adrian, & Michael Pascoe
- Clifton Suspension Bridge. An illustrated history by Body, Geoffrey
- Complete Account of the Origin and Progress of the Clifton Suspension Bridge Over the River Avon by Webb, W W
- History and Construction of the Clifton Suspension Bridge by Unknown
- History of Clifton Suspension Bridge by Barnes, G W, & Thomas Stevens
- History of Clifton Suspension Bridge by Cottrell, A E
- 'Suspension vix via fit. The saga of the building of the Clifton Suspension Bridge' in A Kelly & M Kelly (eds), Brunel. In love with the impossible. A celebration of the life, work and legacy of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Pascoe, Michael, & Adrian Andrews