Chain Bridge, Hungary, 1856. Bridge over the Danube River which connected the two cities of Buda and Pest. It was designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark, (1783-1852) and built by the Scottish engineer Adam Clark, (1811-1866). The construction began in 1839 and it was inaugurated on 20 November 1849. From "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth), Vol VIII, 1856.
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