High Level Bridge Over The Tyne
by Print Collector
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High Level Bridge Over The Tyne
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Print Collector
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Drawing - Illustration
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High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, c1849. The High Level Bridge was built to carry the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway over the River Tyne. It was designed by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) and was officially opened on 28th September 1849. It consists of six spans of cast iron bowstring arches, supported on stone piers, which carry the railway 120 feet above the Tyne. The bridge has two levels, with the railway on the upper deck and a roadway on the lower. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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January 28th, 2021
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