Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
over the River Tees at Pilmore, near Darlington
Built in 1876 to connect the two halves of the estate of Alfred Backhouse. Lattice girders, four spans totalling 204 ft between abutments.
Engineers: Messrs Robinson and I'Anson. Ironwork by the Skeene Ironworks Co.
Described and illustrated in The Engineer, 1877 [1]
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