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Reference number

ADD18

Purpose

Thomas Sandby (1721-1798) & Soane Office, STAINES (Surrey): Staines Bridge, Designs, by Sandby, for the bridge & centering scaffolding & a copy, by the Soane Office, of one of Sandby's designs, c.1792-97 & 1799 (11): Half-plan & half-elevation, Insc: recto: Half the Plan & the Elevation to Estimate from & No 1 HHS. Verso: Staines Bridge/Working Drawings & Specification GHB [George Bailey]

Aspect

Half-plan & half-elevation

Inscribed

Insc: recto: Half the Plan & the Elevation to Estimate from & No 1 HHS verso: Staines Bridge/Working Drawings & Specification GHB [George Bailey]

Hand

Thomas Sandby RA (1721 - 1798)

Notes

Filed with the drawings is the Specification and Particulars of a Plan for the/intended new Bridge over the River Thames at Staines, 4 pp, s: (in top RHC) : HHS. Filed in the Strong Room in a tin drawing roll. The structure of Sandby's bridge failed in 1799. Soane was asked by the Trustees of Staines Bridge in early 1799 to make a Survey of the bridge in conjunction with Messrs Alexander and Paine in order to ascertain the state of the structure and how far the original designs by Sandby were or were not complied with by the Contractors. Soane borrowed Sandby's drawings, copied a variety of them and produced a report.

Level

Drawing

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