Maude Bridge, Baghdad 1929

Here is another photo from Sian Sumners' albums produced by her grandfather when he served with the Royal Air Force in Iraq (RAF Hinaidi and RAF Shaibah) as a Squadron Leader during the late nineteen-twenties. This is a photograph of the Maude Bridge, taken in 1929. The bridge was built on thirty-five pontoons across the Tigris River in November 1918 and could carry vehicles up to fifteen tons. The bridge could be opened in a matter of minutes by means of a powerful winch.

Maude Bridge, Baghdad, 1929