Waterloo Bridge, Betws-y-Coed imaginatively-designed iron road bridge by Thomas Telford, engineer, a significant example of early iron technology". Waterloo Bridge, Betws-y-Coed Waterloo Bridge () is an early cast iron bridge, spanning the River Conwy at Betws-y-Coed, in Conwy county borough, north-west Wales. The bridge is located about half a mile south-east of the village. It was built by the civil engineer Thomas Telford. An inscription on the arch records that it was constructed in the year of the Battle of Waterloo, but although designed and constructed in 1815, its erection was not completed until the following year. It was raised as part of
The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers mounted officer taking refuge in the centre of the square. Abandoned cannon lie in the foreground and middle distance. It measures . The meticulous academic painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1875 and was described by John Ruskin as a "carefully-studied and skilful battle piece". It is thought that the painting was bought by Francis Reubell Bryan in around 1875; he donated it to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1880. The V&A also holds a sketch, made in oils on paper laid on canvas. The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of