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Brunel won the competition to design the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol in 1831, but the bridge was not completed until after his death in 1864. Early in the construction of the Clifton suspension bridge an iron bar was put across the gorge. A basket was hung from this pulled across by ropes from either side. Brunel designed the system and was the first to cross and when the basket stuck midway, 200 feet above the water, he climbed up to the bar and freed the pulley wheel. Money was raised to help build the bridge by charging people to be pulled across in the basket.
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Roll over this image to switch between Brunel's original sketches for the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the bridge as it appears today.
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