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Battle Bridge

The famous Henry Birkin super-charged 4½ litre single-seater Bentley is seen here airborne on the famous hump on the Members Banking where the track crosses the River Wey

constructed by Christopher Wren (1632-1723) and Robert Hooke (1635-1703) and completed in 1677

became a serious challenger to Malcolm Campbell's established land speed records

Waterloo Bridge seen during its construction

British cavalry troops resting in a French village, World War I mb-width 3253 Battle BridgeBritish cavalry troops resting in a French village, World War I, c1914 c1918. As the war settled into a pattern of static trench warfare cavalry became increasingly tactically irrelevant. Stereoscopic card. Detail.