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DREDGE, JAMES, SENIOR #
- Born: 1794 Died: 1863
English engineer and designer of suspension bridges, for whom see biography in Wikipedia. Several bridges were built to his patented design in Ulster during the 1840s; all were footbridges apart from one at Ballievy near Banbridge, Co. Down, which was destroyed in 1988 when a lorry which exceeded the 2-ton weight limit tried to cross it.(1)
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References
(1) R.C. Cox & M.H. Gould, Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland (1998), 185-6, citing D. McQuillan, 'Dredge suspension bridges in Northern Ireland: history and heritage' (Structural Engineer 70, 7 Apr 1992, 119-26.
3 work entries listed in chronological order for DREDGE, JAMES, SENIOR #
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Building: | CO. TYRONE, CALEDON, BRIDGES |
Date: | 1844;1845 |
Nature: | 2 suspension bridges built to JD's patented design by the Armagh Foundry; a footbridge is at Glenarb (1844), and a wider bridge (1845) elsewhere on the Caledon estate. |
Refs: | R.C. Cox & M.H. Gould, Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland (1998), 186. |
Building: | CO. DERRY, MOYOLA PARK, BRIDGES |
Date: | 1846;1847 |
Nature: | 2 suspension footbridges built to JD's patent design, 1846 and 1847. Earlier bridge was swept away in 1929. |
Refs: | R.C. Cox & M.H. Gould, Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland (1998), 186. |
Building: | CO. DOWN, BALLIEVY (BANBRIDGE), BRIDGE |
Date: | 1`845 |
Nature: | Suspension bridge built to patented design of JD. (Destroyed in 1988, when lorry which exceede weight limit attempted to cross it.) |
Refs: | R.C. Cox & M.H. Gould, Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland (1998), 185. |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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Mcquillan, D. | 'Dredge suspension bridges in Northern Ireland: history and heritage' | 1992 | Structural Engineer 70, 7 Apr 1992, 119-26. |