Chelsea Bridge spans the
River Thames in west
London, connecting
Chelsea on the north bank to
Battersea. The first bridge on the site, Victoria Bridge, was proposed in the 1840s as part of the
Battersea Park development of marshlands on the south bank. Work on the nearby
Chelsea Embankment delayed the opening of this
suspension bridge until 1857. Although well received architecturally, as a toll bridge it was unpopular and faced competition from the newly built
Albert Bridge. It was acquired in 1877 by the
Metropolitan Board of Works, which abolished the tolls. Victoria Bridge, narrow and structurally unsound, was renamed Chelsea Bridge to avoid embarrassment to the Royal Family if it collapsed. After population growth and the introduction of the
automobile, the bridge was demolished, and replaced in 1937 by the current structure, the first
self-anchored suspension bridge in Britain. During the early 1950s it became popular with
motorcyclists, who staged regular races across it. The bridge is floodlit from below at night, when the towers and cables are illuminated by 936 feet (285 m) of
light-emitting diodes. In 2008 it achieved
Grade II listed status. (
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Chrysopidae are a large
family of insects commonly known as green lacewings. This group consists of about 85
genera and 1,300–2,000
species, spread worldwide. The most common in North America and Europe are Chrysopa and Chrysoperla.
This unidentified specimen was photographed in
Austins Ferry, Tasmania.
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Chelsea Bridge spans the
River Thames in west
London, connecting
Chelsea on the north bank to
Battersea. The first bridge on the site, Victoria Bridge, was proposed in the 1840s as part of the
Battersea Park development of marshlands on the south bank. Work on the nearby
Chelsea Embankment delayed the opening of this
suspension bridge until 1857. Although well received architecturally, as a toll bridge it was unpopular and faced competition from the newly built
Albert Bridge. It was acquired in 1877 by the
Metropolitan Board of Works, which abolished the tolls. Victoria Bridge, narrow and structurally unsound, was renamed Chelsea Bridge to avoid embarrassment to the Royal Family if it collapsed. After population growth and the introduction of the
automobile, the bridge was demolished, and replaced in 1937 by the current structure, the first
self-anchored suspension bridge in Britain. During the early 1950s it became popular with
motorcyclists, who staged regular races across it. The bridge is floodlit from below at night, when the towers and cables are illuminated by 936 feet (285 m) of
light-emitting diodes. In 2008 it achieved
Grade II listed status. (
Full article...)
... that Jeff Seidel has sent thousands of Jewish college students to families in
Jerusalem to eat a
Shabbat meal?
... that the national park visitor centre of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno in the
Galápagos Islands has a unique display of a rebuilt ship's hold filled with upturned giant tortoises?
1925 – Indian mystic and
spiritual masterMeher Baba(pictured) began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures.
Chrysopidae are a large
family of insects commonly known as green lacewings. This group consists of about 85
genera and 1,300–2,000
species, spread worldwide. The most common in North America and Europe are Chrysopa and Chrysoperla.
This unidentified specimen was photographed in
Austins Ferry, Tasmania.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
4,913,037 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.