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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): Diagram showing bridge centering scaffolding, Insc: No 11 HHS
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ADD27
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): Diagram showing bridge centering scaffolding, Insc: No 11 HHS
Inscribed
Insc: No 11 HHS
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.
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