The Albert Bridge at Night - Robert Buhler

British-Swiss, 1916 - 1989

ON THIS DAY:

150 years ago (23 August 1873), the Albert Bridge, which connects Chelsea to Battersea, was opened for the first time.

Here it is depicted by the Illustrated London News, 30 August 1873.

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Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea in Central London on the north bank to Battersea on the south.

Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound.

Between 1884 and 1887, Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge.

In 1973, the Greater London Council added two concrete piers, which transformed the central span into a simple beam bridge.

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Albert Bridge, NS