Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 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.

Hope Catenary Footbridge, Derbyshire

From Graces Guide

It was the first stress ribbon bridge to be built in the UK.

Built in 1974. Engineers: Oscar Faber and Partners. Designers: A.A.W. Butler and Geoff Hope. Built by A. Monk and Co.

Span 34m, width 1.8m wide. Deck is an in-situ ribbon slab, pre-stressed by twelve 8.7 mm dia cables.

See Happy Pontist website for more information and illustrations.

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