The view from the other side of the original bridge in 1860. Note the girders of the 1854 extension showing through the central arch. By their act of 1859, the Railway Company was empowered to build another bridge over the roadway, provided a space of 50 feet was left between the existing bridge and the new one. This bridge supported by the massive iron pillars, where the trees are in the photograph, was built in 1860/1861. In June 1862 Brighton Corporation gave permission for the covering-in of the 50 feet space and the work was carried out soon afterwards, so that the bridge has been in its present form for 90 years.
Mr William J Bramwell took the originals of these remarkable photographs. To whom Brighton owes a debt of gratitude for several historical mid-Victorian photos chiefly with a railway connection.
Image Reference: JG_10a_146.tif
Date: 1860
Image Details: Copy
Size of Original: 130x80
Place: Brighton
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