Tamar Bridge
Category
Photographs
Date
11 Sep 1961
Materials
Photographic paper
Place of origin
Tamar River
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 888948
Summary
Photograph of cables for the new Tamar road bridge passing over deck of bridge and railings. Houses visible in background. 11 September 1961. From envelope marked 'New Road Bridge over Tamar 1961'
Provenance
Unknown, part of a large collection of photographs. Possibly a gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and lived there until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten on reverse) 2. (and ) 11.9.61./Bridge over Tamar/1st Suspension road, with collar/S.side (Devon)/Note 'cat walks' for erectors