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River Wye in foreground. A famous view for British geomorphologists as it shows the development of a river meander as the river progressively undercuts the bank beneath the viewpoint leaving a record of older meander positions behind it.

thank you Darkroom Daze for your explanation of this image. We will add the River Wye to the description when we update.

Arden Glad to help. The River Wye in this area shows examples of this and various other classic geomorphological features (e.g. the river is 'incised' and 'superimposed'). The bedrock geology of the Carboniferous (Misissippian) Limetone exposed in the cliffs here, and also seen in other Chepstow postcards posted here, is also of geological interest. But I assumed more information about these things would be more technical than you would want!

Its so pretty ! GOOD JOB

Vicky_laps The Library of Congress didn't take these photos. They are 100 years old! ;-)

Looking at them I wish I could have a chat with them, sure I would find inspiration and a lot of good stories...

The 1911 County Primary School still stands. The majority of the High School was demolished in the 1980s, with just the oldest part remaining. The photo shows the canteen kitchen block, across the road from the 1911 school, shared with the adjacent High School.

More information here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chepstow_Railway_Bridge

The bridge is a unique and historically important design by the great British engineer and entrepreneur Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The river is the Wye.

Darkroom Daze: We will add the river name to the description. Thanks also for the information about engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel's connection to this bridge. By coincidence, our blog (Picture This) just highlighted another of his projects, the steam ship the “Great Eastern" : blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2013/01/caught-our-eyes-an-engi...