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Description: | The central cast-iron section of the original bridge at Sunderland was started in 1795. Wooden scaffolding towers in the river supported the arch whilst it was being built. The bridge was a revolutionary design, as iron had never been used for such a wide span of about 80 metres (250 feet). The bridge was opened on 9th August 1796 as a toll bridge to recoup the cost of building. The bridge was a great success. This view also shows a ship being built on the right bank on the other side of the bridge. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | work artists invention and innovation living in the North East watercolours art made in the North East men coal mining shipbuilding | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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