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This image is likely to have been taken from the iron footbridge over the river, west of Kirkstall Viaduct. The viaduct, in the foreground, dates from 1849 and is built in locally sourced Bramley Fall stone. It was designed by Thomas Grainger to facilitate the Leeds and Thirsk railway line which was to open in July 1849. Behind it is the Canal Road/Viaduct Road Bridge built in 1882 when Canal Road was extended across the Leeds Liverpool Canal. It was designed by A.W.Morant of Leeds and is of Pratt girder construction. In 1979 the road bridge was replaced by a concrete bridge but the cast iron balustrade was retained. The image answers a local riddle: 'Where can you stand on a bridge, look under a bridge, look over a bridge, and still see the Town Hall Clock!'
Photograph courtesy of Terry Cryer. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Kirkstall Viaduct Viaduct Road Canal Road Leeds Liverpool Canal | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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