Fulham Bridge Co

Sectors:

  • Transport services Road management services inc turnpikes & road bridges & tunnels

Notes:

Established as Commissioners & Trustees [of Fulham Bridge] by act of parliament in 1728 and unofficially referred to as Fulham Bridge Co. Constructed wooden toll road bridge across the Thames between Fulham and Putney. Designed by Sir Jacob Ackworth. Opened 1729. Transferred to public ownership in 1881 and rebuilt as a stone bridge in 1882-86 to design of Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Now known as Putney Bridge

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