EPW040163 ENGLAND (1932). The Suspension Bridge, Dee Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge on the River Dee and environs, Chester, 1932
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Title | [EPW040163] The Suspension Bridge, Dee Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge on the River Dee and environs, Chester, 1932 |
Reference | EPW040163 |
Date | September-1932 |
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Place name | CHESTER |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 340855, 365978 |
Longitude / Latitude | -2.8852401614176, 53.187315862392 |
National Grid Reference | SJ409660 |
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Agricola Tower
Grade 1 - English Heritage Building ID: 452908
Castle gate-tower with chapel to first floor. Late C12/Early C13 with additions and alterations after 1302 and refacing by Thomas Harrison of 1818 with further repairs of 1923 and 1952. |
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Tuesday 7th of January 2014 07:09:40 PM |
Suspension bridge - opened on 18 April 1923, replacing an earlier Victorian bridge built in 1852 |
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Tuesday 7th of January 2014 07:06:17 PM |
Old Dee Bridge
Grade 1 - English Heritage Building ID: 469829
Road bridge over River Dee. Late C14, altered 1826. Red sandstone. 7 arches
Diagonal weir served Mills of Dee, later hydro-electric power station
The bridge was widened, upstream, in 1826, to provide a footway, partly corbelled.
The present bridge replaced earlier medieval bridges, probably
of timber, and is believed to stand on the site of a Roman
bridge. |
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Tuesday 7th of January 2014 07:04:41 PM |
Grosvenor Bridge
Grade 1 - English Heritage Building ID: 469818
Designed 1824 by Thomas Harrison, built 1827-1833 under the supervision of his pupil William Cole the younger, with Jesse Hartley as consultant; James Trubshaw contractor, at a cost of 50,000 pounds. Red and cream Peckforton sandstone ashlar.
A single deep segmental 200 foot span arch across the river.
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Tuesday 7th of January 2014 06:46:11 PM |
River Dee |
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Tuesday 7th of January 2014 06:22:05 PM |
Greenway Street, Handbridge |
Ange |
Thursday 30th of May 2013 10:59:14 PM |