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Description: | This view shows the old stone Tyne Bridge after it had been repaired following the disastrous flood of 1771. The old bridge had been weakened by shops and houses built along it. These were removed on the repaired bridge. In this view, keels (barges) are transporting coal under the bridge. This bridge was destroyed in 1864, as it was blocking shipping. The Swing Bridge was built in 1876 in its place. In the meantime, the High Level Bridge, which carried both a railway and roadway, was built in 1849. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | work living in the North East transport buildings and views Newcastle | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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