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© Mr Michael Perry
IoE Number:
269353
Location:
CROSSWAYS SWING BRIDGE, MARSH LANE (north side)
NORTH PETHERTON, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET
Photographer:
Mr Michael Perry
Date Photographed:
19 December 2002
Date listed:
14 July 1975
Date of last amendment:
14 July 1955
Grade
II
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ST33NE NORTH PETHERTON CP MARSH LANE (North side)
4/91 Crossways Swing Bridge
14.7.75
II
Swing Bridge. 1827 by John Rennie for Bridgwater to Taunton Canal. Wooden bridge rotating on steel ball-bearings in a
circular track. Now the only bridge retaining its mechanism and a very early example of the use of ball bearings.