A postcard view, plus colourised version, down-river from the opposite bank to Hotwells with the 'Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol' stagecentre. [001] The postcard was published by Burgess & Co. of Bristol and has the following detail on the reverse:-

Clifton Suspension Bridge - Bridge opened in 8th December, 1864. Length from centre to centre of Piers, 702ft. 3in. Height above the River Avon, 245 ft. Weight of Bridge about 1,500 tons. There are 2,400 links, about 24 ft. long, 7 in. wide and 1in. thick. There are 162 suspending rods of 1 5/8 in. and from 3ft. to 60ft. in length. The height of each tower is 70ft. The chains are anchored 70ft. in the rock. Cost, about £100,000.

'Clifton Bridge' from high level with a White Funnel Fleet paddle steamer passing upstream toward the landing stage at Hotwells. This postcard was posted from Newport, Monmouthshire in May 1903. Another from the Penarth Dock Collection plus a colourised version. [001]