▁ 1 8 8 6 ▁to ▁w iden ▁the ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁bridge . ▁ ▁Tun bridge ▁w are ▁became ▁popular ▁with ▁visitors ▁to ▁the ▁sp a ▁town ▁of ▁Tun bridge ▁Well s , ▁who ▁bought ▁them ▁as ▁sou ven irs ▁and ▁g ifts . ▁Articles ▁included ▁c rib bage ▁bo ards , ▁paper we ights , ▁writing ▁s lop es , ▁sn uff ▁boxes ▁and ▁glo ve ▁boxes . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁Great ▁Ex hib ition ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁Tun bridge ▁w are ▁by ▁Edmund ▁N ye , ▁Robert ▁Russell ▁and ▁Henry ▁H oll amb y ▁was ▁shown ; ▁Edmund ▁N ye ▁received ▁a ▁comm end ation ▁from ▁the ▁jud ges ▁for ▁his ▁work . ▁He ▁exhib ited ▁a ▁table ▁dep ict ing ▁a ▁m osa ic ▁of ▁a ▁ship ▁at ▁sea ; ▁ 1 1 0 , 8 0 0 ▁t ess era e ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁making ▁the ▁picture . ▁▁ ▁The ▁manufact ur ers ▁of ▁Tun bridge ▁w are ▁were ▁c ott age ▁indust ries , ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁nine ▁in ▁Tun bridge ▁Well s ▁and ▁one ▁in ▁Ton bridge . ▁The ▁number ▁decl ined ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ; ▁compet ent ▁craft s men ▁were ▁hard ▁to ▁find , ▁and ▁public ▁t ast es ▁changed . ▁After ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Bart on ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 ▁the ▁only ▁surv iving ▁firm ▁was ▁Boy ce , ▁Brown ▁and ▁K emp , ▁which ▁closed ▁in ▁