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To the Incouragers of Arts, This Plan and Elevation of Wisbeach Bridge, in the Isle of Ely, and County of Cambridge, Is humbly Inscribed by their Most Obedient Servant, Henry Mackworth Jun.r.
J. Sharman Arch.t & G. Swain Builders. H. Mackworth Sculp.t et Scrip.t.
Lynn Regis [King's Lynn] Publish'd According to Act Nov.r 16th 1761 & Sold by the Engraver & W. Whittingham Books.r.
Scarce engraving. 360 x 495mm (14¼ x 19½"). Some creasing, old ink and pencil annotations on plate.
An engraving of the plan and elevation submitted to the town corporation in 1757 for a replacement bridge, which cost £2200. A floating bridge was used during construction. According to 'The History of Wisbech and the Fens' (Neil Walker, 1849), the bridge was never popular, due to it being too narrow for two carts to pass, a steep ascent and a tight corner on the south side.
[Ref: 56686] £480.00
J. Sharman Arch.t & G. Swain Builders. H. Mackworth Sculp.t et Scrip.t.
Lynn Regis [King's Lynn] Publish'd According to Act Nov.r 16th 1761 & Sold by the Engraver & W. Whittingham Books.r.
Scarce engraving. 360 x 495mm (14¼ x 19½"). Some creasing, old ink and pencil annotations on plate.
An engraving of the plan and elevation submitted to the town corporation in 1757 for a replacement bridge, which cost £2200. A floating bridge was used during construction. According to 'The History of Wisbech and the Fens' (Neil Walker, 1849), the bridge was never popular, due to it being too narrow for two carts to pass, a steep ascent and a tight corner on the south side.
[Ref: 56686] £480.00