Wednesbury Oak Iron Works
From Graces Guide
Owned by Phillip Williams and Sons
1873 Walter Williams of the Wednesbury Oak Ironworks of Tipton produced the ironwork for the Buffalo River Bridge, King William’s Town, Cape Colony. It was a single lane, wagon bridge with two spans of 90 ft. It was designed by the London Consulting Engineer, Henry Wakefield. It was replaced in 1935 by a two-lane reinforced concrete bridge[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ WAGON BRIDGES OF THE EASTERN CAPE, c.1840 – 1900 - THE CONTRIBUTION OF ENGINEERING TO INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT. A PhD thesis submitted by DENNIS E. WALTERS, Rhodes University, January 2018, p.204