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Reference no. 1230336
Description: St. George's Bridge
Address: St. Georges Bridge St George's Street Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire
Grade: II
Group detail: St. George's Street, Hebden Bridge
Full description:
Bridge, dated 1892. Cast iron by "DE DERGUE & CO. LTD. MANCHESTER" 2-span slightly skew bridge with triangular dressed stone breakwaters which rise into elaborately decorated piers with sunken panels and bratished cap. East pier is inscribed "J. SUTCLIFFE ARCHITECT, 1892". West pier is inscribed "E. RILEY CONTRACTOR". 18 cast panels to each side have quatrefoil set within a circle.
One cast iron panel reads:
"ST. GEORGE'S BRIDGE,
ERECTED BY,
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS,
WITH THE AID OF A GRANT,
FROM THE WEST RIDING,
COUNTY COUNCIL,
COMMITTEE,
JOHN CROWTHER,
GEORGE PICKLES,
ABM MOSS,
JOSEPH GREENWOOD,
J. B. BROWN SEC. "
C. Spencer, St. George's Bridge, Hebden Bridge, Hebden-Bridge Lit. & Sci. Local History Section Booklets, Vol. 4 (1983), p.22.
