William Hazledine
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William Hazledine was an English ironmaster. Establishing large foundries, he was a pioneer in casting structural ironwork, most notably for canal aqueducts and early suspension bridges. Many of these
Shrewsbury Flaxmill-Maltings ironwork supplied by Hazledine
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (1805), designed by Telford, ironwork supplied by Hazledine
Mythe Bridge, Tewkesbury (1826), designed by Telford, ironwork supplied by Hazledine
Menai Suspension Bridge
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The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was one of t
William Hazledine
…aqueducts and early suspension bridges. Many of these projects were collaborations with Thomas Telford, including the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the Menai Suspension Bridge. Telford called him "the Arch conjuror himself, Merlin Hazledine…
The Menai Suspension Bridge viewed from the Anglesey side
1840 lithograph of the bridge
The bridge c. 1880, showing the original cable configuration prior to the installation of steel cables in 1938
The bridge as pictured in a Staffordshire stoneware plate in the 1840s. (From the home of J L Runeberg)