Stiffened Treble Sling Bridge, Constructed by 18th Coy. RE, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 1897

Stiffened Treble Sling Bridge – constructed by 18th Company, Royal Engineers – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 1897.
The Royal Engineers provided the surveyors, architects, engineers, builders and contractors for all British army and navy installations throughout the Empire. From the earliest days of the community until the British forces left in 1906, the Royal Engineers were always represented within the Halifax Garrison.