Title

Hampton Court Old Bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson.

Caption

Hampton Court Old Bridge, 1864. Engraving of '...the old wooden toll-bridge at Hampton Court, which is now about to be removed by order of its proprietor, Mr. T. W. Allen, of Newlands Park, Buckinghamshire, who has resolved to build a new one of iron. The Act of Parliament for the construction of the first Hampton Court Bridge was obtained in the reign of George II., and that bridge was opened in December, 1753. It was replaced by the present bridge about thirty or forty years ago. This structure, entirely of timber, has eleven openings, varying from 25 ft. to 29 ft. span at water-line. Its width between parapets is 17 ft.; the height in the centre is considerable; and the gradients are steep. The total length of the bridge is 375 ft.; but the piers are so wide that they occupy 90 ft. solid of the available space'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM24A14_495

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Rights managed

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29,5Mb (2,1Mb) / 13,0in x 8,8in / 3899 x 2649 (300dpi)

Keywords

river London England River Thames Thames wood arts art bridge bridges British geography color structure wooden century Britain newspapers press print riverbank B&W wooden bridge engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Hampton nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News Richmond upon Thames TGN ILN newspaper landscape Mason Jackson Jackson Mason 19th-century M. Jackson Jackson M.