"Dublin"

Name of traveller

Adolf Helfferich (1813-1894)

Reason for travel

• on return from Ireland

Date of travel

undated, ca. 1850s

Am anderen Morgen standen wir auf dem größten Wunderwerk der Neuzeit, der Britannia-Brücke, 100 Fuß über dem Meeresarme, der die Insel Anglsey von Wales trennt. (Helfferich 108)

Content

• architecture:
  
  • lists construction and material details for Holyhead harbour
  • freely inspects Britannia Bridge and praises it as greatest wonder of modernity; relates history of its construction
• terrain: conflation of Wales and England
• transport:
  • travels by steamboat
  • observes Holyhead harbour under construction
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Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

travelogue

Citation

Helfferich, Adolf. "Dublin." Skizzen und Erzählungen aus Irland. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1858. 103-9. Print.