Quay Bridge (Tewkesbury)

Zoomed in to show neat detailing (fillet at internal corner of inverted T-section cast iron rib, shaping of the mundane tie bar) and repairs to rib and ring

in Tewkesbury, Glos

Also known as Key Bridge.

A cast iron bridge over the River Avon, built in 1822 (according to a modern plaque on the bridge).

'In 1821 an agreement was made with a Shropshire man, Benjamin Ball, an ironfounder, for "furnishing and erecting a Cast Iron bridge over the River Avon" for the payment of £660. The plans were by Thomas Holland, a Gloucester surveyor, and James Westcott of Barnwood was employed to build the temporary bridge and for some work on the new bridge.'

1822 'The old bridge across the Avon at Tewkesbury Quay has been pulled down, and an elegant new one is to be erected in its place before the close of the summer. The foundation-stone was laid a few days since, amidst the acclamations of a great concourse of spectators. A temporary wooden bridge has been erected a little lower on the river, for the accommodation of the public during the time occupied in building the new one, which is to be of iron.'

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