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1800
 
    
Telford proposes a bold new London Bridge       
Telford's design for London Bridge, 1800
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1816
 
   
London's first iron bridge is completed at Vauxhall      
Vauxhall Bridge, 1820
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1817
 
     
John Rennie's new bridge commemorates a recent victory, over Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815        
Waterloo Bridge, 1817
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c. 1819
 
    
John Rennie completes a cast-iron bridge with the world's longest span, crossing the Thames at Vauxhall       
Southwark Bridge, by Westall, c.1828
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1826
 
     
Scottish engineer Thomas Telford completes two suspension bridges in Wales, at Conwy and over the Menai Strait        
1827
 
    
London's first suspension bridge opens at Hammersmith       
Hammersmith Bridge, 1828
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1831
 
    
Old London Bridge is demolished after more than six centuries, ending the chance of frost fairs on the Thames       
1845
 
    
Brunel's suspension bridge serves Hungerford market       
Hungerford Bridge, by Shepherd, 1854
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c. 1858
 
    
Chelsea Bridge opens, designed by Thomas Page       
Chelsea Bridge, c.1860
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1861
 
    
A suspension bridge is completed at Lambeth       
'Old Lambeth Bridge', watercolour by Macdonald, 1906
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