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 162,258 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.

Ibigawa Bridge

From Graces Guide
2017.
2017.

Ibigawa Bridge is a former iron railway bridge crossing the Igigawa River between Ogaki and Goku, Japan. Although previously allowing for cars, the double warren truss bridge now serves as a footbridge.

1885 Original bridge was designed by Charles Assheton Whately Pownall as a wrought iron double warren truss bridge and built by the Patent Shaft and Axle Tree Co Ltd. for Japanese National Railways Tokaido Main Line.

1913 New bridge was built and updated for cars.

At present it is a bridge for motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians, not passable by cars. Extension 321.7m, width 3.4 m, height 5.2 m.[1]

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