Holbeck, Leeds: Bridges

Plate girder bridge, Water Lane

Trussed pipe bridge. It is not clear why the truss is on top, rather than below

The cast iron beam is probably very old

in Holbeck, Leeds

1849 Cast Iron Bridge (not illustrated here)

Built to serve Marshall's mills. Single flat span, approx 4m wide, iron railings, iron pillars at north end, finials missing. Replaced a wooden bridge probably of c.1808 which linked the flax spinning mill built by John Marshall on the north side of Hol Beck with his new warehouse on the south side, now on the corner of Marshall Street. The construction of the new bridge coincided with the establishment of the line of Globe Road by 1850. Information condensed from Historic England Entry.

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