EPW003098 ENGLAND (1920). The Dee Bridge, Chester, 1920
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| Title | [EPW003098] The Dee Bridge, Chester, 1920 |
| Reference | EPW003098 |
| Date | July-1920 |
| Link | |
| Place name | CHESTER |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 340785, 365830 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.8862603039469, 53.185977722953 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ408658 |
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RachelMC |
Friday 15th of May 2015 08:40:27 PM | |
 Old Queen's Park suspension bridge built in 1852. Replaced in 1923. |
London1955 |
Saturday 13th of July 2013 06:59:32 AM |
| School |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 11:15:13 AM |
| Public house |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 11:14:06 AM |
| Duke Street |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 11:13:42 AM |
| Mill Street |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 11:12:36 AM |
| Edgar's Field |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 11:11:53 AM |
| City wall and walkway |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:59:06 AM |
| Edgar House - in 1900 |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:58:21 AM |
| The weir is the highest point on the river to which ordinary tides flow |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:54:29 AM |
| City wall with walkway |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:52:58 AM |
| Old quarry |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:52:15 AM |
| Bandstand in a park |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:51:34 AM |
Actually just a shelter placed on top of a sandstone outcrop of the old Roman Quarry. This was never used as a bandstand. |
RachelMC |
Friday 15th of May 2015 08:38:36 PM |
| The Dee was navigable up to Dee Mills. Until the fire in 1895, grain could be shipped in by water and flour exported |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:51:02 AM |
| Site of Water Engine, extant in 1791 - used to pump water to the city |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:49:25 AM |
| Skinner's Lane in 1900 |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:47:28 AM |
| Site of tannery, extant in 1833 [Map by Wood] |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:46:56 AM |
| Bridge Gate |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:42:41 AM |
| Millrace |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:42:04 AM |
| Snuff mill here in 1791 [Map by Poole]; Tobacco and Snuff Manufactory in 1900 [Ordnance Survey] |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:41:47 AM |
| The site of the five storey (plus attics) Dee Mills, largelt destroyed by fire in 1895. A hydro-electric power station was established here in 1913. It remained largely unaltered externally in 1996. [Source: Roy Wilding, Miller of Dee, pub Gordon Emery 1997] |
MB |
Tuesday 27th of November 2012 10:31:52 AM |
