Casting the cylinders for the hydraulic press (lift) used to raise the prefabricated sections of the Britannia Tubular Bridge across the Menai Straits, Wales. Nasmyth safety ladles (1838) being used Wood engraving, 1851

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Casting the cylinders for the hydraulic press (lift) used to raise the prefabricated sections of the Britannia Tubular Bridge across the Menai Straits, Wales. Nasmyth safety ladles (1838) being used Wood engraving, 1851

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Photo credit: © World History Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bridge, britannia, ladles, menai, nasmyth, prefabricated, raise, safety, sections, straits, tubular, wales.