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THE HIGH LEVEL AND SWING BRIDGES. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.

The fine bridge which carries the railway and roadway from Gateshead to Newcastle over the broad and deep channel of the River Tyne is a noteworthy engineering achievement. It was designed by that prince of engineers, Robert Stephenson, who did so much to extend the triumphs of the locomotive of which his still more famous father. George Stephenson, was the inventor. The bridge is carried partly by arches and partly by suspension. Vehicular traffic passes immediately below the railway track. The height of the railway above the water level is 112 feet; the length of the bridge is 1337.5 feet; and the cost was GBP 491158. The smaller swing bridge, erected by Lord Armstrong, is on the site of a stone bridge built by Hadrian, an early engineering achievement which was commemorated by a medal struck in Rome by order of the Emperor.
Date between 1887 and 1889
date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source The Queen's Empire. Volume 4. Cassell & Co. London
Author Various engravers for Cassell & Co., after photographs
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