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Suspension Bridges
Paper
One copy of the paper 'Suspension Bridges in Britain in the Early Nineteenth
Century' can be found in the Institution of Civil Engineers Library.
Article
The article 'Engineering Disasters - Suspension Bridges' appears in History of
Technology, Volume 26, Institute of Historical Research - University of London,
2005, edited by Ian Inkster and published by Continuum.
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.
A copy of the article was also provided to the Salford Local History Library.
Lectures
The Rolt Lecture was given in December 2002 in connection with Derek's Rolt Fellowship at the
University of Bath's History of Technology Research Unit. The lecture is based
on the paper 'Suspension Bridges in Britain in the Early Nineteenth Century'.
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 Gilbert Davies Know
Better? Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1831'.
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