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FERGUSON, MATTHEW
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Builder of wooden bridge across the river Roe at Roe Park House, Tamlaght Finlagan, Co. Derry, in 1801, assisted by DAVID MCBLAIN. (1)
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(1) RIA, Ordnance Survey Memoir, Box 47; Angélique Day & Patrick McWilliams, eds.Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Vol. 25: Parishes of Co. Londonderry VII 1834-5(1994), 80,108.
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Building: | CO. DERRY, ROE PARK |
Date: | 1795ca;1801 |
Nature: | Builds bridge across R. Roe, assisted by David McBlain, 1795; MF and David McBlain rebuild bridge 1801 after it was washed away in a flood. Wooden structure with 70ft single span.(Collapsed 12 Jul 1830 under weight of a procession of Orangemen.) |
Refs: | A. Day, P. McWilliams & N. Dobson, eds., Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol. 25, 81,108 (RIA, Ordnance Survey Memoir, Box 47) |