Cambridge - Bridge of Sighs St. Johns College UB 1900

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Bridge of Sighs, St. Johns College, Cambridge. Early undivided back card dated 10 November 1900 [Undivided back cards where the only legal cards until 1902 - people had to write their messgage on the front]
• Publisher:  none given (possibly Blum & Degan)
• Postally used:  no - name written on back
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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The Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge is a covered bridge belonging to St John's College of Cambridge University. It was built in 1831 and crosses the River Cam between the college's Third Court and New Court. The architect was Henry Hutchinson.^[1]

It is named after the Bridge of Sighs in Venice,^[2] although they have little architecturally in common beyond the fact that they are both covered. The bridge is one of Cambridge's main tourist attractions and Queen Victoria is said to have loved it more than any other spot in the city.^[3]

On two separate occasions, students have pulled the prank of dangling a car under the bridge. In the first incident (in 1963), a 1928 Austin 7 was punted down the river using four punts that had been lashed together - then hoisted up under the bridge using ropes. The second incident (in 1968) a Bond or Reliant Regal three-wheeler car was dangled under the bridge.^{[citation needed]} In neither case was the bridge damaged.