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OTD in 1850, Robert Stephenson opened the Britannia Bridge. A tubular Box Section Bridge built to provide a direct rail link from London to Holyhead.
This photograph from the late C19th. taken near Ynys Llandysilio (Church Island) shows the original tubular bridge construction.
On #WelshLanguageMusicDay here's a lithograph of a bard playing his harp, on the banks of Llyn Padarn, in the shadow of Snowdon with Dolbadarn castle in the background.
Image: The Bardic Museum. Musical, poetical, and historical relicks of the Welsh bards and druids 1802