Timber-arch bridge, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Date
1778
Creator
William Etheridge (1708 - 1776, British) , Civil engineer
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Description
Cross section [top] and elevation [middle] of the main body of the bridge intended to connect Walton-on-Thames and Shepperton over the Thames, and a plan view of the decking for the same [bottom]. In a scale of 1:96 inches per foot.
Inscribed above: ‘A PLAN of the BRIDGE from WALTON upon THAMES in SURRY to the Opposite Shore in the PARISH of SHEPPERTON in Middlesex’
Below: ‘This DESIGN is most Humbly Presented to Samuel Dicker Esq: of WALTON aforesaid BY His most Obedient Servant. William Etheridge’
Original drawing from Designs by the late John Smeaton made on various occasions in the course of his employment as a Civil Engineer from the year 175[?] to 179[?], Volume 4. Containing Designs for Bridges and Buildings. Collected and arranged by John Farey, 1821.
William Etheridge (1708-1776) was British civil engineer and architect.
John Smeaton (1724-1792) was a British civil engineer, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
John Farey (1766-1826) was a British geologist and surveyor, he worked on the published reports of John Smeaton’s work between 1809 and 1812.
Inscribed above: ‘A PLAN of the BRIDGE from WALTON upon THAMES in SURRY to the Opposite Shore in the PARISH of SHEPPERTON in Middlesex’
Below: ‘This DESIGN is most Humbly Presented to Samuel Dicker Esq: of WALTON aforesaid BY His most Obedient Servant. William Etheridge’
Original drawing from Designs by the late John Smeaton made on various occasions in the course of his employment as a Civil Engineer from the year 175[?] to 179[?], Volume 4. Containing Designs for Bridges and Buildings. Collected and arranged by John Farey, 1821.
William Etheridge (1708-1776) was British civil engineer and architect.
John Smeaton (1724-1792) was a British civil engineer, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
John Farey (1766-1826) was a British geologist and surveyor, he worked on the published reports of John Smeaton’s work between 1809 and 1812.
Object history
Smeaton’s Designs were received by bequest of Mr Edward Farey in November 1913 as indicated in the copies of outgoing correspondence bound in the New Letter Books of the Royal Society, NLB/49/185 and NLB/49/312.
The collection was originally purchased after Smeaton’s death in 1795 by Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society and member of the Committee of the Smeaton Society of Civil Engineers. The committee undertook to publish a comprehensive selection of reports on the drawings which was entrusted to John Farey sr (1766-1826) and assisted by his better-known son John Farey jr (1791-1851) mechanical engineer and Fellow of the Royal Society. The work began in 1809 and resulted in three published volumes, Reports of the late John Smeaton FRS, made on various occasions of his employment as a civil engineer, London, 1812.
The collection was originally purchased after Smeaton’s death in 1795 by Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society and member of the Committee of the Smeaton Society of Civil Engineers. The committee undertook to publish a comprehensive selection of reports on the drawings which was entrusted to John Farey sr (1766-1826) and assisted by his better-known son John Farey jr (1791-1851) mechanical engineer and Fellow of the Royal Society. The work began in 1809 and resulted in three published volumes, Reports of the late John Smeaton FRS, made on various occasions of his employment as a civil engineer, London, 1812.
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