The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2 — John Shaqi
The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2Finden, W. (William)
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2
Finden, W. (William)
Coasts -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works; Great Britain -- Pictorial works
CONWAY QUAY.
The district of Conway is mostly agricultural, and possesses no distinct
manufactures by which the prosperity of the town and its population can
be greatly promoted. A few small trading-vessels belong to the port; and
here also ships of burden are occasionally repaired. The great
improvement to the harbour is the erection of the quay; and the channel
of the river having been deepened, and every impediment to the
navigation removed, it may be anticipated that a speedy increase of
trading intercourse will succeed its former languor and inactivity. The
exports consist chiefly of timber, slate, and lead; and the imports, of
coal from Flint and Liverpool, and of tea, sugar, cotton, with various
other articles of domestic consumption.
The chain-bridge, which constitutes so beautiful a feature in the
picture of Conway, was erected by Mr. Telford, of whose genius Wales
possesses several of the noblest monuments. That immediately under
notice--constructed on the same principles as the bridge over the Menai,
but much smaller in its proportions--is three hundred and twenty feet
between the supporting towers, and eighteen feet above high-water mark.
Nothing can be more elegant and beautiful, as it appears lightly
spanning the river, and suffering the eye to penetrate its net-like
fabric, so as scarcely to offer an obstruction to the landscape which
shines through it. The scenery at this point is exceedingly interesting,
and presents the works of nature, and art, and human genius, in striking
combination.
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