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TURNSTALL, -
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Architect or engineer who prepared two alternative proposals for a three-span cast-iron and masonry bridge at Islandbridge, Dublin (Sarah Bridge),(1) to replace the previous bridge on the site, which was destroyed in a flood in 1787. 'Turnstall' - an uncommon form of the name 'Tunstall' - has not been identified', but Wilson's Dublin Directory for 1801 lists a Michael Turnstall, stone and marble cutter, at 127 Townsend Street, Dublin.
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(1) 2 plans and elevations, one inscribed:'Design for a bridge to be built in place of that called Island Bridge' and, in top left corner, 'Turnstall', offered for sale by D. & R. Blissett, London, Apr 2010.
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Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SARAH BRIDGE |
Date: | 1790ca |
Nature: | 2 alternative proposals by 'Turnstall' for a cast iron bridge - one a solid web bridge and the other a skeletal bridge. |
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2 plans and elevations, one inscribed:'Design for a bridge to be built in place of that called Island Bridge' and, in top left corner, 'Turnstall', offered for sale by D. & R. Blissett, London, Apr 2010 (photocopies of designs in Jones File T64A). |