The great girder bridges over the Menai Strait and at Saltash near Plymouth, erected in the middle of the i 9th century, were entirely of wrought iron, and subsequently wrought iron girder bridges were extensively used on railways.
Wales, situated on the Bay of Beaumaris, not far from Penmon, the northern entrance of the Menai Strait.
The two principal railways serving the Principality are the London & North-Western, which passes along the North Wales coast-line by way of Conway and Bangor, crosses the Menai Strait and has its terminus at Holyhead; and the Great Western, which traverses South Wales by way of Cardiff, Landore, Llanelly and Carmarthen, and has its principal terminal station at Fishguard Harbour.
The Anglesey Sea Zoo is Wales largest marine aquarium, nestling on the shores of the Menai Strait.
Across the choppy Menai Strait storm clouds were obscuring the mountaintops.
