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Picture No 10220868
Date 1880
Description Opening of Wandsworth, Putney and Hammersmith Bridges
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5 scenes from the opening of Wandsworth, Putney and Hammersmith bridges, by the Prince and Princess of Wales, to become toll-free bridges, 1880. The images shown are (clockwise from top): reading the address at Wandsworth Bridge; a race across Putney bridge to be the first man across; throwing one of the old toll gates into the river; the Royal party leaving Hammersmith bridge; the Princess of Wales meeting the bridge keepers' daughter at Putney Bridge.
Source The Illustrated London News. 3 July 1880. page 12
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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