REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE PRESENT STATE OF ROCHESTER BRIDGE
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65pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. Disbound. British Paliamentary Paper HC267. Parliamentary Papers of this period are very scarce. Prior to 1835 papers were not available for sale to the public. Reports on the state of the River Medway and proposals to replace the existing Rochester Bridge which was considered an obstruction to navigation. The Rochester Bridge Act 1846, received Royal Assent on 14 May 1846. The first contract for the bridge foundations was finally signed in January 1850, and six years later the construction was completed. On 13 August 1856 the Wardens and Assistants, accompanied by a Royal Marine band and the mayors and aldermen of Rochester and Maidstone, processed across the old bridge, along the Strood Esplanade, and back to the centre of the new bridge, where the Victorian cast iron bridge was officially declared open to the public and the medieval stone bridge was declared closed. The momentous day concluded with a public dinner and a fireworks display from the old bridge in the evening. An even more spectacular firework display from the old bridge followed over the next six months as the Royal Engineers practiced their demolition skills, by blowing up the stone structure, which, though much repaired and rebuilt, had crossed the River Medway for 465 years. N° de ref. del artículo 169942
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Título: REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE ...
Editorial: House of Commons, London
Año de publicación: 1820
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