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New screw-pile iron bridge on site of wooden one. Tenders of Thomas Gibson, Westminster (£1485) accepted Jun 1889. Girders and plates ready. Jul 1890. Cost of bridge, £1,000. Proposed addition of footpaths, 1891, to cost another £1000. Tenders sought, Jun 1892. Contr: Brettell. (£1000) |
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Drogheda Argus, 2 Mar,15 Jun 1889, 1 Mar,5 Jul 1890, 27 Feb,30 Apr 1892, 4 Mar,8 Jul 1893 (B.O'D.); Architect 62, 19 Jul 1889, 3; IB 31, 1 Aug 1889, 203; Peter Geraghty, 'P.J. Lynam, the last County Surveyor for Louth Grand Jury (1886-1912)', County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal 27, No. 2 (2010), 293-295.
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