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First showing of Brunel's artwork Reproductions of drawings by Brunel of the Clifton Suspension Bridge are to go on show for the first time in Bristol. The nine pen and ink drawings dated 1840 were produced 10 years after the designer won a competition to build the iconic bridge. They were rediscovered during Brunel's bicentenary year in 2006 and reflect developments in suspension bridge engineering and iron technology. The drawings will be exhibited at the city's record office until June. Clifton Suspension Bridge was Brunel's first independent professional commission but was fraught with problems, not least lack of funds. Research has confirmed roughly half the ironwork was made and delivered to Bristol before work on the bridge was abandoned and the ironwork sold. The bridge was finally completed in December 1864, five years after Brunel's death, by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw as a memorial to him by his fellow engineers.
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