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1850 Robert Stephenson, The Completion of the Britannia Tubular Bridge, copper medal, 1850, by L. C. Wyon, bust of Stephenson right, reverse panoramic view of the bridge with a train emerging, left past the lion guardians, 58mm (BHM 2402; Eimer 1441; Swan 67-9), in modern case. EF. Robert Stephenson (1803-59), engineer & son of George Stephenson, was born in Willington Quay, North Tyneside . He designed the Britannia Tubular Bridge crossing the Menai Straits to Anglesey to link the port of Holyhead to the railway. It takes it's name from the Britannia Rock on which the central support was built. Following a fire in 1970 the bridge was converted to carry both road & rail services.
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