The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Limited was a shipyard and iron works straddling the mouth of Bow Creek at its confluence with the River Thames, at Leamouth Wharf on the west side and a
Warships being built at the eastern site in or slightly before 1902
Stern view of HMS Sans Pareil ready for launching
Royal Albert Bridge
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The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England, between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. Its unique design consists of two 455-foot lenticular iron trusses 10
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
…civil engineering, marine engines, cranes, electrical engineering and motor cars. The company notably produced iron work for Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge over the Tamar in the 1850s, and the world's first all-iron warship, HMS Warrior, launched in 1860. The company originated in 1837 as the Ditchburn and…
Royal Albert Bridge 2009
A tide recorder designed by Brunel as part of his survey
The first span and centre pier under construction in 1854, seen from Saltash
The second span soon after it was floated onto the piers and had been jacked up the first 12 feet (3.7 m) towards its final position