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Chester-le-Street, Halfpenny Bridge

The Wear & Lumley Bridge, known as the Halfpenny Bridge, provided by the Earl of Scarbrough in 1898 to replace the rope ferry. Demolished in 1964. Copy of an original postcard.

Date:
c.1901-1910
Period:
1901 - 1925
Place:
Chester-le-Street
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Item Type:
photograph
Donor:
Nairn, George
Artist:
unknown
Reference:
DR00665

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