Decorative ironwork atop an abutment of the first Blackfriars Railway Bridge, commemorating the bridge's construction in 1864, with a section of bridge span to left, and a City of London dragon boundary marker in the foreground.

Date:
1960 - 1972
Location:
Blackfriars Railway Bridge, Bankside, Southwark, Greater London Authority, SE1
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Blackfriars Railway Bridge, Blackfriars, City and County of the City of London, Greater London Authority, EC4
London Chatham Dover Railway Bridge, City And County Of The City Of London, Greater London Authority, EC4
London Chatham Dover Railway Bridge, Southwark, Greater London Authority, SE1
Reference:
AA066152
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

One of the commemorative abutment decorations was renovated and painted in c1990, and can be seen on the Southwark side of the Thames. The bridge was also known as the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Bridge, however it was originally called St. Paul's Railway Bridge, and Blackfriars Station was originally called St. Paul's Station. Both changed their names in the 1930s. The City of London adopted the dragon and arms as boundary markers in the 1960s.

Content

This is part of the Series: GAY01/01 Railway Stations; within the Collection: GAY01 John Gay Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Gay, John

Keywords

Victorian Railway Bridge, 20th Century Boundary Marker, Victorian Commemorative Monument