Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 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.
across the Floating Harbour in Bristol
Opened in 1768, this masonry road bridge was designed by James Bridges to replace a congested mediaeval bridge which was surmounted by houses.
In 1874 the bridge was widened by the installation of wrought iron plate girders on each side of the bridge, supported by stone columns topped by cast iron pedestals. The footpaths appear to have been further widened by cast-in-situ concrete slabs.
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