General Information
| Other name(s): | Winch Bridge |
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| Completion: | 1741 |
| Status: | demolished (1830) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Chain suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge) |
Location
| Location: |
Middleton, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom |
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| Crossed: |
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| Replaced by: |
Wynch Bridge (1830)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| span | 21.34 m | |
| deck | deck width | 0.61 m |
Materials
| chains |
iron
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Chronology
| 1802 | As one of the chains snaps under the load of 9 persons, two of them fall into the river below. One of them drowns. After the incident, the bridge is repaired and strengthened and put back into service until its replacement in 1830 by another suspension bridge. |
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Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- : Description of bridges of suspension. In: Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, vol. V, n. 10, 10/1821.
- (1811): A treatise on bridge architecture. A. Niven, New York (USA), pp. 288.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20008266 - Published on:
15/02/2003 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
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