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Auction: 14017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 486

Southwark Bridge Company, certificate for one share, [1814], no.677, orange paper seal at left, black printing on vellum, old tape marks on reverse which are now visible from the front, otherwise very fine.

Built by John Rennie from cast iron, spanning 240 feet, joining London to Blackfriars. It was the largest bridge ever constructed of cast iron and it bankrupted the iron founders - Walkers of Rotherham. Replaced between 1912 and 1921 by the present bridge.

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£130