Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Bywell Bridge

From Graces Guide
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Fine detailing of arch masonry
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Note how pairs of arch stones meet the horizontal courses
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'Aerodynamic' detailing!

Carries the B3609 across the River Tyne at Stocksfield, between Hexham and Newcastle. It is 2.5 miles west of Ovingham Bridge.

A beautifully designed and constructed road bridge, which merits close study. There are five arches.

Built 1836-8 at the expense of T. W. Beaumont.

Architect George Basevi.

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