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 167,859 pages of information and 247,161 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.

Seven Arched Bridge, Rivington

From Graces Guide

in Rivington Terraced Gardens, near Bolton, Lancashire.

The unusual masonry footbridge was built in 1910 for William Hesketh Lever (Viscount Leverhulme). Designed by Thomas Mawson. It was reportedly inspired by a bridge that Lever had seen in Africa.[1]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 'An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges' by David McFetrich, Pen & Sword Transport, 2019
  • [1] Happy Pontist: Seven-arch Bridge, Rivington