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- 1843 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres
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Waterloo Bridge, designed by Rennie, was built by a private company which obtained an act of Parliament for that purpose in 1809. Work began in 1811 and the original intention was to use the name 'Strand Bridge'. The project was renamed 'Waterloo Bridge' in 1816, a year before it opened in 1817.
In 1878 it was acquired by the Metropolitan Board of Works and the existing tolls were abandoned. Structural defects were soon discovered and repaired, but in the 1920's, the bridge was declared unsafe. The London County Council replaced it with a design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott which was erected 1939-1944.
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GB 0074 O/515 1843 Collection 0.01 linear metres Waterloo Bridge Company
Waterloo Bridge, designed by Rennie, was built by a private company which obtained an act of Parliament for that purpose in 1809. Work began in 1811 and the original intention was to use the name 'Strand Bridge'. The project was renamed 'Waterloo Bridge' in 1816, a year before it opened in 1817.
In 1878 it was acquired by the Metropolitan Board of Works and the existing tolls were abandoned. Structural defects were soon discovered and repaired, but in the 1920's, the bridge was declared unsafe. The London County Council replaced it with a design by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott which was erected 1939-1944.
Items transferred from the Council's Map and Print Collections to the then London County Record Office, The County Hall, London SE1 August 1955. (AC/55/083)
Records of the Waterloo Bridge Company comprising Annuity transfer certificates and Share Transfer Certificate from Ann Neild to William Ashton Nield, 1843.
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Available for general access.
Copyright rests with the City of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Other shares and annuity certificates are to be found at BC/W, ACC/0276/486 and ACC/0624/13. There is a drawing of the bridge, LCC/MISC. P10, 1891.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Items transferred from the Council's Map and Print Collections to the then London County Record Office, The County Hall, London SE1 August 1955. (AC/55/083)
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Records of the Waterloo Bridge Company comprising Annuity transfer certificates and Share Transfer Certificate from Ann Neild to William Ashton Nield, 1843.
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Two items
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Available for general access.
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Copyright rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Other shares and annuity certificates are to be found at BC/W, ACC/0276/486 and ACC/0624/13. There is a drawing of the bridge, LCC/MISC. P10, 1891.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English