[SUNDERLAND BRIDGE.]

An Oration delivered at the Opening of the Iron Bridge at Wearmouth, August 9, 1796. By William Nesfield ... To which is added, an appendix, containing an account of the order of the procession, ceremonies, used on that occasion.

Stockton, printed by Christopher and Jennett, 1796. 8vo, pp. [4], 47, [1]; a very good copy; disbound. Only edition of this work celebrating the opening of the Sunderland Bridge in August 1796, the second major cast-iron bridge in the world. It crossed the River Wear in a single colossal and unprecedented span of 236ft. The bridge was designed and built by the engineer Thomas Wilson, working closely with Rowland Burdon, who had trained as an architect under Sir John Soane. Burdon was the moving force behind the project.

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