Brunel's Railway bridge, River Wye, Chepstow

May 06, 2009 6 Replies

I'm considering a model of this for the garden railway, across the fish pond (Subject to the approval of The Estate manager) but despite googling, can only find one photo, taken from the South West river bank.



Has anybody any engineering info for this, drawings, photos from other angles, etc?



It was a suspension bridge, but instead of the chains passing over the towers towards ground anchorages, it used a wrought iron tube to push the towers apart against the inward tension of the chains (and in that respect I suppose, similar to the arches on the Royal Albert Bridge)



PS. Apologies for a topic that is relevant to the group's name.


Thanks. I'd already found those as the result of continuing search, but they match the style of available photograps, ie, taken from the side.

What I'd particular like is a driver's (or holidaymaker's out of the carriage window) view of the approach to the bridge for details of the towers.

Thanks, anyway.

Search youtube for old films showing journeys on trains

if i can find something as obscure as this local one ...Prestatyn to Dyserth branch line video .. you may be able to find one of Chepstow of train going over the bridge

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All the best.markj

All you can see is bloody anoraks hanging out the windows....................

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