The 500 feet span Victoria Fall Bridge was built to take the Cape to Cairo railway line over the Zambesi River.
At the time it was the longest of its type in the world and helped establish the Fox family as leading designers of long-span bridges.
The surveying work for the bridge almost claimed the life of Charles Beresford Fox, grandson of Sir Charles Fox, who was saved by a small, lone fig tree growing on the cliff face.
| Victoria Falls
Bridge Year: 1904 |
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