Dictionary of Irish Architects - CO. CORK, YOUGHAL, BRIDGE OVER RIVER BLACKWATER (1829-1832)

Selected: CO. CORK, YOUGHAL, BRIDGE OVER RIVER BLACKWATER (1829-1832)

Name:	NIMMO, ALEXANDER [1]#
Building:	CO. CORK, YOUGHAL, BRIDGE OVER RIVER BLACKWATER (1829-1832)
Date:	1829-1832
Nature:	AN provides 3 alternative designs (for chain suspension bridge and 2 timber bridges). Timber bridge for site at Foxhole chosen. Started 1829 and finished 1832 under supervision of John Edward Jones. Contractor: George Nimmo.
Refs:	Perspective view by Jones of town showing proposed suspension bridge exh. RHA 1828 (no. 183); 1st Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1833), 11; S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), II, 726; J.E. Jones, 'Account and description of Youghal Bridge, designed by Alexander Nimmo', Trans.Inst.CE 2 (1838), 157,Pl. 13 (view and plan by Jones); Noel P. Wilkins, Alexander Nimmo, Master Engineer, 1783-1832: public works and civil surveys (Irish Academic Press, 2009), 215,230-236.