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==History== The bridge was designed by French engineer [[Ferdinand Arnodin]]. It was built in 1906 and opened by [[Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar]], on 12 September 1906.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/5336618.stm|title=City transporter bridge centenary|work=BBC News|access-date=17 August 2013|location=Newport|date=12 September 2006}}</ref> [[Newport Museum]] holds a silver [[cigar cutter]] which was presented to Viscount Tredegar on the day of the opening, as a memento of the occasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/the_archive/now_and_then/12917471.NOW_AND_THEN__The_opening_of_the_Newport_Transporter_Bridge/ |title=Now and Then: The opening of the Newport Transporter Bridge|publisher=South Wales Argus|date=28 April 2015|access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref>
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