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Cragside

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Home of Lord Armstrong, Victorian inventor and industrialist, Cragside was the first house in the world to be lit with hydro-electricity.
Photos taken in April 2010.

02 Apr 2010

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Iron Bridge

A graceful footbridge spanning Debdon Burn on the Cragside Estate. Known as the Iron Bridge, it is almost certainly of steel and thus one of the first of its kind in the country. The main span measures 64ft, flanked by half-spans, and its arch is echoed by curved bracing in the wide open spandrels. This structure bears a timber footway at a height of 35ft, between open iron parapets. The whole sits lightly on half-height brick piers well hidden by foliage. Built between 1870 and 1875. Cragside, Northumberland, England.

02 Apr 2010

91 visits

Cragside

Cragside, Northumberland, England.

02 Apr 2010

119 visits

Crocuses

Cragside, Northumberland, England.

02 Apr 2010

94 visits

Stairwell

Cragside, Northumberland, England.

02 Apr 2010

119 visits

Hump-back Bridge

Cragside, Northumberland, England.

02 Apr 2010

122 visits

Waterwheel

The wheel, designed by William Armstrong, was used to pump drinking water to one of his farms. After restoration it was installed at its present location to pump water to one of the gardens on the Cragside estate. Cragside, Northumberland, England.

02 Apr 2010

90 visits

Cragside

Cragside, Northumberland, England.

02 Apr 2010

90 visits

Cragside

Cragside, Northumberland, England.
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