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FIDLER, THOMAS CLAXTON #
- Born: 1841c Died: -
Engineer, of London. Thomas Claxton Fidler, later professor of engineering at University College, Dundee, and author of a standard work, A Practical treatise on bridge construction (1887), designed Anglesea Bridge, Cork, in 1880.(1)
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(1) IB 21, ? ? 1879, 274; 22, 1 Apr 1880, 99; 23, 1 Mar 1881, ?; B 38, ? Apr 1880, 453.; B of I files, citing MS notes of R. Walker (Cork City Engineer, ca1890).
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Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, PARNELL BRIDGE |
Date: | 1877-82 |
Nature: | New swing bridge replacing earlier structure (Anglesea Bridge) which had become too small for shipping. TCF's design selected 1877. Contrs: Alex. Rooney, and later John Delany. Supervising architect: Robert Walker. Iron components by Stockton forge Company. Opened 11 Nov 1882. Cost £28,000. (Taken down in 1960s) |
Refs: | IB 21, 1 Sep 1879, 274; 22, 1 Apr 1880, 99; 23, 1 Mar 1881, ?; B 38, ? Apr 1880, 453.; MS notes by R. Walker, Cork city surveyor, c. 1890; Colin Rynne, The Industrial Archaeology of Cork City and its Environs (1999), 195-197. |