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The Tyne Bridge - Icon of North-East England (Hardcover)
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The Tyne Bridge - Icon of North-East England (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R544
Discovery Miles 5 440
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The Tyne Bridge, opened in 1928 by King George V, is one of
Britain's most iconic structures, a Grade II* listed building.
Linking Newcastle and Gateshead, this symbol of Tyneside and the
region is also a monument to the Tyne's industrial past. Paul
Brown's popular history explores what the bridge means to the
people of North-East England, and its deep connection with their
heritage. Brown recounts the story of the bridge's predecessors,
from the Roman Pons Aelius-the first crossing over the Tyne-to the
Victorian era. He then brings to life the individuals who built the
modern bridge: Ralph Freeman, the structural engineer who also
designed the Sydney Harbour Bridge; Dorothy Buchanan, the first
female member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who produced
drawings and calculations; John Carr, the boatman who bravely
rescued workers from the Tyne on dozens of occasions; and the
scaffolder Nathaniel Collins, the only man not to survive
construction of the arch, who fell from the bridge just weeks
before its completion. This richly illustrated book charts the Tyne
Bridge's story right to the present, exploring how it remains a
North-Eastern cultural emblem, in a region that has changed almost
unrecognisably since its heyday in the late 1920s.
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