Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU BRIDGE

Name: SMYTH, HENRY
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU BRIDGE
Date: 1860-62
Nature: New 4-arched bridge over River Lagan designed by Charles Lanyon (Co. Surveyor for Antrim) and HS (Co. Surveyor for N Down). Tenders invited Jul 1860. Begun Jan 1861. Cost: £15,000.6s. Orignal contractors: James O'Connor & Co.(later McLaughlin & Harvey?)
Refs: DB 2, 1 Jul 1860, 301; 3, 15 Jan 1861, 409; 4, 1 Jun 1862, 141; 31st Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1862), 19

Name: LANYON, CHARLES (SIR)
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU BRIDGE
Date: 1862
Nature: New 4-arched bridge designed by CL (Co. Surveyor for Antrim) with Henry Smyth (Co. Surveyor for N Down). Begun Jan 1861. Cost: £15,000.6s. Contractors: O'Connor & Co.(or McLaughlin & Harvey?)
Refs: DB 4, 1 Jun 1862, 141; 31st Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1862), 19