Selected: CO. CORK, CORK, ANGLESEA BRIDGE
Name: | DEANE, THOMAS (SIR) |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, ANGLESEA BRIDGE |
Date: | 1830-31 |
Nature: | Built by TD to designs by Richard Griffith. (Idea first mooted in 1812.) |
Refs: | S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 411; Francis H. Tuckey, The County and City of Cork Remembrancer (Cork, 1837), 243; Mr & Mrs S.C. Hall, Ireland (1841-3), I,19; APSD II, C, 147 (article on Cork by R.R. Brash) |
Name: | GRIFFITH, RICHARD JOHN (SIR) |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, ANGLESEA BRIDGE |
Date: | 1830-31 |
Nature: | New bridge of 2 arches with cast-iron parapet and drawbridge in centre. Erected by Thomas Deane to designs by RG. Cost £9,000 (paid for by Corn Market Commissioners). First iron bridge in city. Removed 1877. |
Refs: | S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 411; Mr & Mrs S.C. Hall, Ireland (1841-3), 19; APSD II, C, 147 (article on Cork by R.R.Brash); MS notes by R. Walker, Cork city surveyor, c. 1890. |
Name: | NIMMO, ALEXANDER [1]# |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, ANGLESEA BRIDGE |
Date: | 1830-31 |
Nature: | Construction of new bridge to designs by Richard Griffith 'was supervised by Alexander Nimmo'. |
Refs: | Colin Rynne, The Industrial Archaeology of Cork City and its Environs (1999),191. |