Footbridge Over River North Tyne

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

GREYSTEAD GREYSTEAD NY 78 NE 785862 31/20 Footbridge over River North Tyne

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Foot suspension bridge. Probably 1862. Ashlar, steel and wood. At each end a stone support tower with battered sides. Round-arched passage through each tower. Dentil cornices. Steel cables pass through the towers and support a wooden walkway with wooden railings.

Built to connect the south bank of the river to the railway which opened in 1862.

Also in Tarset C.P. (q.v.).

Listing NGR: NY7758786133

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1724 IOE Records taken by Kenneth Robinson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Kenneth Robinson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project