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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19. Issue 548 - 26 May 1832 Author: Various Release Date: March 28, 2004 [EBook #11743] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Bill Walker and PG Distributed Proofreaders THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. Vol. 19, No. 548.] SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1832. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * [Illustration: STAINES NEW BRIDGE.] This handsome structure has lately been completed, and was opened on Easter Monday last, April 24, by their Majesties and the Court passing over with suitable ceremony. This was a gala day for Staines and its vicinity; for, independently of the enthusiasm awakened by the visit of the popular Sovereign, the completion of so useful and ornamental a fabric must have been an occasion of no ordinary interest to every inhabitant of the district. The _programme_, as the French would say, of the day's _fete_ has been so recently given in the "chronicles of the times," that we need not repeat it. A few descriptive particulars of the Bridge, from _The Times_ Journal, may be found to possess a more permanent value:-- "It consists of three very flat segmental arches of granite. The middle arch of 74 feet span, and the two side arches of 66 feet each; besides two side arches of 10 feet each for the towing-paths, and six brick arches of 20 feet span each, two on the Surrey side, and four on the Middlesex side, to allow the floods to pass off. The whole is surmounted by a plain, bold cornice, and block parapet of granite, with pedestal for the lamps, and a neat toll-house. The approaches to the Bridge on either side form gentle curves of easy ascent. The cost of the Bridge and approaches has been about 41,000l. The appearance of the whole is very light and elegant. This is owing chiefly to the slight dimensions of the piers, which are smaller in proportion to the
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