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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 130 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Footbridge, Dartford |
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Summary
19th century mechanical footbridge. Now removed.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5437 7459 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BRIDGE (BRIDGE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1865 AD? to 2004 AD (between))
Full description
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[TQ 5435 7462] Footbridge [NAT] [TQ 5437 7458] Footbridge [NAT] (1) The bridges are single-leaf bascula type, and are hand operated via a bevel gear, a worm drive and a pinion acting on the toothed quadrant on the bridge. The foot- bridge is 45ft long by 7ft wide It may possibly be due for demolition or replacement (2). Photographs (3-11).
The bridge has been removed. (12)
<1> OS 1:10000 1983 (OS Card Reference). SKE48169.
<2> Indust Arch of SE Eng 1978 35 plate (AJ Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44281.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9411.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9412.
<5> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9679.
<6> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9683.
<7> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9708.
<8> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9710.
<9> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9792.
<10> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10033.
<11> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10734.
<13> Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2004, An Archaeological Watching Brief at Hythe Street Dartford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12503.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1983. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Indust Arch of SE Eng 1978 35 plate (AJ Haselfoot). |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3077. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3079. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5041. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5085. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 6247. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 6320. print. |
| <9> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5142. print. |
| <10>XY | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4013. print. [Mapped feature: #10646 bridge, ] |
| <11> | Photograph (Print): 1979. Photograph. TQ5474/5. print. |
| <13> | Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology Service. 2004. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Hythe Street Dartford, Kent. |
