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1873 Walter Williams of the Wednesbury Oak Ironworks of Tipton produced the ironwork for the Buffalo River | 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.<ref>WAGON BRIDGES OF THE EASTERN CAPE, c.1840 – 1900 - THE CONTRIBUTION OF ENGINEERING TO INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT. A PhD thesis submitted by | 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<ref>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 </ref> | DENNIS E. WALTERS, Rhodes University, January 2018, p.204 </ref> | ||
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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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- ↑ 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