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Clifton Suspension Bridge
Book
A copy of the manuscript of 'The Clifton Suspension Bridge - A Business
Enterprise' is held in the University of Bristol Library Special
Collections.
Article
The article 'A Business History of the Clifton Suspension
Bridge' appeared in Construction History Volume 18, pp 3-20, 2002. (Construction
History is the the Journal of the Construction History Society.)
The published article is supported by a set of illustrations not available on
this website. The text of the published article may also be slightly different
from that available here. However, a copy of the published article can be viewed
online through the
Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge.
Letter
The letter was written in response to a set of questions asked following a paper
on the Clifton Suspension Bridge given at the Science Museum in 2003. It is
interesting primarily because it questions how much of the Clifton Suspension
Bridge that we know today can realistically be attributed to Isambard Kingdom
Brunel:
I would argue that Marc was the “lead” engineer, not Isambard.
The Bridge as built was a “cheapie”. It differs greatly from Isambard’s
original design, a point made by Mark Huish, the Chairman of the Company, in
January, 1865 at the first Half-Yearly General Meeting held after the Bridge was
opened.
Lectures
The above article is based on a paper presented to the Newcomen
Society (the International Society for the History of Engineering and
Technology).
Derek gave a paper on 'Suspension Bridges in Britain in the Early 19th Century
with Particular Reference to the Clifton Suspension Bridge Competition' to the
Institution of Structural Engineers History Study Group on 29th October 2001.
The script for this lecture has unfortunately been lost.
Derek also gave a lecture to the Newcomen Society
on 8 October 2003 with the title of 'How Much
Did Brunel Really Know About Suspension Bridges or Did Davies Gilbert Know
Better? Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1831'.
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