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Description: | This is a perspective view of the design for a cast iron bridge, consisting of a single arch 600 feet in span and calculated to supply the place of the present London Bridge. A competition was held to replace the old bridge between 1799-1801 and this design by Thomas Telford was submitted. As this view shows, it would have been a very sophisticated replacement for the 19 arch medieval bridge. But the project was shelved because not enough was known about the technical issues involved. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | R. Ackermann; Mr Taylor | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Lowry, Willm. | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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