Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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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.

Derwent Bridge

From Graces Guide

This is a former railway bridge in Darley Abbey, Derbyshire, which was converted to a foot bridge in 1976 following closure of the railway in 1968.

It is a tied-arch wrought iron bridge crossing the River Derwent and was part of the Great Northern Railway. Designed by Richard Johnson of the Great Northern Railway and built by Handyside and Co in 1878. It has a single span of 140 feet (43m).

See Wikipedia entry.


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