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Short titleOld Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham-by-Sea
Full descriptionOld Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham-by-Sea. View across the old chain-link suspension bridge across the River Adur, built 1832 and demolished in the 1920s. Close view from the west with a stone arch in foreground with a statue of a horse on top, second arch with a statue of a lion and part of Shoreham town in background. Printed label on the back "Mr. Wright, Grammar School, Lancing".
This is one of two images forming a stereoscopic photograph. Stereoscopic cameras came into fashion in the UK after being displayed at the Great Exhibition of 1851, when Queen Victoria ordered her own viewers and pictures. The technique, then in its infancy, involved taking two simultaneous exposures of the same image, which when viewed together using a stereoscopic viewer appeared in 3D. The 3D effect was most successful if the image had a strong feature in the foreground and a full range of features from mid-ground backwards. The WSPP database includes 13 photographs of Lancing and Shoreham made by Robert Wright of Lancing Grammar School in the late 1850s. [Information courtesy of Tony Vinicombe of the Stereoscopic Society].
Datec1860
PeriodVictorian
Period dates20 June 1837-22 Jan 1901
Photographer or ArtistRobert Wright
FormatPhotograph
OwnerWest Sussex County Council Library Service
SubjectArchitecture/Structure/Stone
Architecture/Period/Regency & After (1810-1837)
Transport/Bridges

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/Shoreham-by-Sea/West SussexNA526
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