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Wrought iron arch bridge with three spans over the River Tyne.
Length over abutments 238 ft. Length between abutments 198 ft.
Completed 1876. Designed by George Gordon Page. Contractor: D. W. Stansfield of Carlisle. Resident Engineer: Robert Nunn.
The piers are made from specially-moulded firebricks. Their foundation are cast iron cylinders 5 ft 6" sunk deep in the clay.
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