Royal Albert Bridge

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building by Brunel

  • TITLE: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (British engineer)
    ...the Victorian lines in Australia and the Eastern Bengal Railway in India. His first notable railway works were the Box Tunnel and the Maidenhead Bridge, and his last were the Chepstow and Saltash (Royal Albert) bridges, all in England. The Maidenhead Bridge had the flattest brick arch in the world. His use of a compressed-air caisson to sink the pier foundations for the bridge helped gain...
  • TITLE: bridge (engineering)

feature of Saltash

  • TITLE: Saltash (England, United Kingdom)
    Saltash is connected to Plymouth by the Royal Albert Bridge (completed 1859), which was the last railway bridge designed by the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel before his death. The bridge spans the estuary in a series of 19 arches and is 2,240 feet (683 metres) long. Saltash is Cornwall’s oldest borough and was listed in Domesday Book (1086). Pop. (2001) 14,964; (2011) 16,419.