Dredge Bridge - Caledon Co Tyrone
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N 54° 20.765 W 006° 49.965
29U E 640870 N 6024193
James Dredge was a mid-19th century designer-builder of suspension bridges who came to prominence in Britain at a time when there was great interest, in Europe generally, in the rapidly evolving technology of such structures
Waymark Code: WM39R2
Location: Ireland
Date Posted: 03/02/2008
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In 1843, the Earl of Caledon commissioned Dredge to build two suspension bridges over the River Blackwater on his estate at Caledon - one sufficiently wide to take cattle and carts, close to Caledon House, and the other a footbridge located several miles downstream. The former became known locally as the Iron Bridge, the latter the Metal Bridge. These were the first Dredge bridges to be erected in Northern Ireland.
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