#historicalbridge

BEFORE VANDALISM Clumber Park - Clumber Bridge

Dec 2016 - Nottinghamshire, England It has been found that the stone used to build Clumber Bridge is ‘Steetley Stone. This was quarried very locally to Clumber Park - at Steetley Quarry near Worksop.Clumber Park’s very own Duke Of Newcastle owned stone and mineral rights in much of north Nottinghamshire and north-east Derbyshire, and it makes sense that he would have wished for his bridge to be built using materials he owned. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/clumber-park/features/ornamental-bridge-stone-matching-reveals-fascinating-links-to-ducal-past

Heritage Category: Listed Building

Grade: II* List Entry Number: 1045732

Date first listed: 30-Nov-1966

Statutory Address: CLUMBER BRIDGE (THAT PART IN WORKSOP RURAL DISTRICT)

Historical Bridge Awareness Month was created to draw our awareness to preservation and appreciation of historical bridges. You can check online resources such as an interactive state map of bridges to find any historical bridges in your state.

In honor of Historical Bridge Awareness Month, we wanted to share historical photographs of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in England from our Special Collections. Completed in 1864, the Clifton Suspension Bridge links Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset in England. Construction began on June 20, 1831, and the bridge design was created by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw, based on an earlier design submitted by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The total length of the bridge is 1,352 ft (412m,) and the height is 331 ft (101m) above high water level. Brunel died in 1859 without seeing the completion of the bridge.

The bridge is known for the first modern bungee jumps, which were performed by the members of the University of Oxford Dangerous Sports Club in 1979. (information taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Suspension_Bridge)

In honor of Historical Bridge Awareness Month, we wanted to share historical photographs of the Ponte di Rialto in Venice, Italy.

The Ponte di Rialto is the oldest of the four bridges along the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. The bridge has a long history going back to the 12th century and has been rebuilt several times.

After the wooden bridge collapsed in 1524, proposals for rebuilding the bridge in stone were  submitted by famous architects of the day, including Palladio and Michelangelo.

Antonio da Ponte designed the current stone bridge, which was completed in 1591. A major tourist attraction and architectural highlight of Venice, the bridge has a 24-foot high arch, supported by approximately 12,000 original wooden pilings . (Information taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rialto_Bridge)