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Valley Bridge bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque
Valley Bridge bronze plaque
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This bronze commemorative plaque records: Valley Bridge. A bridge 30 feet wide was erected by the Scarborough Valley Bridge Company and opened as a toll bridge 1st July 1865. Purchased by the Corporation 12th June 1891. Tolls abolished 5th October 1919. That bridge was taken down and this bridge 64 feet 6 inches wide erected in its place 1926-8. Opened 26th July 1928 by Mrs Wilfrid Ashley. Alderman E. H. Matthews J.P., M.B.E. Mayor. Alderman Sir Meredith T. Whittaker KT., J.P. Chairman of the Committee Messrs Goode, Fitzmaurice, Wilson & Mitchell. Engineers John Butler & Co Ltd. Contractors Recorded plaque organisation: Scarborough Municipal Borough Council.

From the Open Plaques record 29929

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  • habiloid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Brian Deegan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Christopher Hall, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John S Turner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Graham Robson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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