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RefNoJS/4/64
Previous numbersIV.64
LevelItem
TitleCoffer Dam, and Wooden-Girder Bridge, Harraton, County Durham
Date1783
DescriptionDesign for a coffer dam for founding the piers of Harraton Bridge
Press copy, plan, scale 1:36
Ink
Signed 1783, and;

Design for a scaffold bridge over the river Wear at Harraton in the County of Durham
Elevation transverse section and plan, scale 1:72
Ink wash
Signed 1783
PhysicalDescriptionPaper, ink
NotesEarly use of Watt's press-copying process
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialSee Smeaton's Reports I.20, dam, and III.378, bridge, but no engraving
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