Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ALBERT BRIDGE (NEW)

Name: BRETLAND, JOSIAH CORBETT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ALBERT BRIDGE (NEW)
Date: 1889
Nature: New bridge. In progress by Feb 1889. Memorial stone laid May 1889. Opened 6 Sep 1889. Ironwork by Handyside, Derby. Contractor: James Henry, Crumlin Rd. Contract: £36,500.
Refs: IB 28, 1 Nov 1886, 300; 30, 15 May 1888, 142; 31, 1 Feb 1889, 40; 32, 1 Sep 1890, 209; Architect 39, 6 Apr 1888, suppl. p.3, 27 apr 1888, suppl. p.3; Brett, 61; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 52 (no. 118, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 4

Name: CORRY, ROBERT *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ALBERT BRIDGE (NEW)
Date: 1890a
Nature: Built by RC to designs by J.C. Bretland.
Refs: Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 52, no. 118(illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 4