Beast of Exmoor
This was one of the designs in the competition to build the Clifton Suspension Bridge. imho it should have won. Designed by William Bridges (!) with the help of the female engineer Sarah Guppy (holds the first ever patent for a bridge design) it looks steampunk or something from Gormenghast!
The units that hold up the bridge (so no supporting cables required) were to contain: a tavern, a stable block, a market, museum, granary, corn exchange, a library and more.
Aesthetic functional perfection
Feb 19 at 12:58pmWeb
Show threadBeast of ExmoorFeb 19
If you are interested in this sort of stuff and are not too far from South Devon on Sunday night you can come and watch me gurgle on about women scientists and engineers of the south west. #teignmouth #southdevon (They have a cracking cafe there in the evenings too. If you can make it, come and say hello.