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Description: | 2011.
View looking east towards Victoria Bridge. Designed by George Leather Jnr., this bridge was built by the Leeds Victoria Bridge Company between 1837 and 1839 and was named after the new young queen. It was built at a cost of ?8,000 and features a simple arch made with hugh stones which were quarried locally. Originally a toll bridge, it replaced a timber footbridge dating from 1829 which was destroyed in a flood of 1837. Seen on the left of the photo is part of The Embankment office development which is home to KPMG accountants among others. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Victoria Bridge Embankment River Aire | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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