Gasworks Bridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Gasworks Bridge, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Photograph taken 1882 © Reproduced by permission of Oxfordshire County Council ref: ht00140

Workmen constructing an iron bridge over the river Thames to the new gasworks, built on the south bank of the river in 1882.

Location

Oxfordshire Oxford

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Themes

View of the Widnes and Runcorn Transporter Bridge from the shore. It was opened in 1905 and was the largest bridge of this type ever. It was demolished after 1961 when a new high level road bridge was built.

Bridges

Tags

bridge transport architecture design construction victorian (1837 - 1901)