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Structure-ID: s0008266
Created on: 02/15/03
Modified on: 07/23/06


Wynch Bridge

Winch Bridge
Completed in: 1741
Status: demolished (1830)
Location: Middleton, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom
Crossed: Tees River
Wynch bridge (Winch Bridge)
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Structural Type:
Chain suspension bridge
gravity-anchored
Function / usage:
Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
Replaced by: Wynch Bridge (1830)

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
chains  iron
Dimensions
  span 70 feet
deck   deck width 0.61 m

Chronology
1802
As one of the chains snaps under the load of 9 persons, two of them fall into the river below. One of them drowns. After the incident, the bridge is repaired and strengthened and put back into service until its replacement in 1830 by another suspension bridge.

Relevant Literature
* Pope, Thomas   A treatise on bridge architecture, A. Niven, New York (USA) , 1811.
* Stevenson, Robert   Description of Suspension Bridges, Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, vol. V, n. 10, 10/1821.

 
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