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'''Exeter Bridge''' is a Traffic Single Span Concrete Arch Bridge in the centre of [[Derby]] spanning the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]] 200 metres south of the more modern [[Cathedral Green Footbridge - Derby|Cathedral Green Footbridge]]. |
'''Exeter Bridge''' is a Traffic Single Span Concrete Arch Bridge in the centre of [[Derby]] spanning the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]] 200 metres south of the more modern [[Cathedral Green Footbridge - Derby|Cathedral Green Footbridge]]. |
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==History== |
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Derby's original Exeter Bridge started life as a timber footbridge built by the Binghams of [[Exeter House]], in order to access their gardens on the other side of the River Derwent <ref>{{ cite web | url=http://bygonederbyshire.co.uk/articles/Exeter_Bridge_was_built_by_plutocrat_to_reach_his_land | title=First Exeter Bridge}}</ref>. It was demolished in 1929 and replaced by a single span concrete bridge designed by Charles Herbert Aslin of the City Architect's Department, who was also responsible for Derby's now demolished ''[[Art Deco]]'' Style Bus Station. |
Derby's original Exeter Bridge started life as a timber footbridge built by the Binghams of [[Exeter House]], in order to access their gardens on the other side of the River Derwent <ref>{{ cite web | url=http://bygonederbyshire.co.uk/articles/Exeter_Bridge_was_built_by_plutocrat_to_reach_his_land | title=First Exeter Bridge}}</ref>. This was how the bridge got its name and Exeter House was eventually demolished because of cost but also to allow improvements to this bridge.<ref name=panel>{{cite web|title=Exeter House Panelling|url=http://www.derby.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/MuseumsGalleries/ArchitecturetreasureExeterHousePanelling.htm|publisher=Derby.gov.uk|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref> It was demolished in 1929 and replaced by a single span concrete bridge designed by Charles Herbert Aslin of the City Architect's Department, who was also responsible for Derby's now demolished ''[[Art Deco]]'' Style Bus Station. |
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During construction a test was carried out to see if it would hold the weight of the traffic. Civil Engineers ran a procession of traction engines, steam rollers and heavy lorries across the bridge to see if it could take the strain. |
During construction a test was carried out to see if it would hold the weight of the traffic. Civil Engineers ran a procession of traction engines, steam rollers and heavy lorries across the bridge to see if it could take the strain. |
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Revision as of 22:26, 8 October 2011
Exeter Bridge - Derby | |
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| Coordinates | 52°55′26″N 1°28′26″W / 52.9239°N 1.4739°W |
| Carries | Traffic |
| Crosses | River Derwent |
| Locale | Derbyshire |
| Maintained by | Derby City Council |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Road Bridge |
| Total length | 50 metres |
| Width | 15 Metres |
| Height | 10 metres |
| History | |
| Opened | March, 20 1929 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 3,000 (2009 estimates) |
| Toll | Free |
| Location | |
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Exeter Bridge is a Traffic Single Span Concrete Arch Bridge in the centre of Derby spanning the River Derwent 200 metres south of the more modern Cathedral Green Footbridge.
History
Derby's original Exeter Bridge started life as a timber footbridge built by the Binghams of Exeter House, in order to access their gardens on the other side of the River Derwent [1]. This was how the bridge got its name and Exeter House was eventually demolished because of cost but also to allow improvements to this bridge.[2] It was demolished in 1929 and replaced by a single span concrete bridge designed by Charles Herbert Aslin of the City Architect's Department, who was also responsible for Derby's now demolished Art Deco Style Bus Station.
During construction a test was carried out to see if it would hold the weight of the traffic. Civil Engineers ran a procession of traction engines, steam rollers and heavy lorries across the bridge to see if it could take the strain.
It was officially opened by the minister of transport, Herbert Morrison on March 13 1931.
Exeter Bridge features Bas relief sculptures of [3].
- John Lombe, founder of the Silk Mill Museum one of England's first modern factories, now a World Heritage site.
- William Hutton, worked at the Silk Mill as a child before becoming a bookseller and writing the first published history of Derby in 1791.
- Herbert Spencer, born in Exeter Street, best known for coining the concept "survival of the fittest", which he did in Principles of Biology (1864), after reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.[4]
- Erasmus Darwin, Physician, botanist and poet, Darwin lived in Derby for the last 20 years of his life, dying at Breadsall Priory. Like Hutton he was a radical thinker, supporting the American Revolution.
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John Lombe -
William Hutton -
Herbert Spencer -
Erasmus Darwin
References
- ^ "First Exeter Bridge".
- ^ "Exeter House Panelling". Derby.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ "Four famous Derbeians".
- ^ "Letter 5145 — Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R., 5 July (1866)". Darwin Correspondence Project. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
Maurice E. Stucke. "Better Competition Advocacy" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-08-29.Herbert Spencer in his Principles of Biology of 1864, vol. 1, p. 444, wrote "This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called 'natural selection', or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life."
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