The Industries of DublinHistorical, statistical, biographicalAn account of the leading business men, commercial interests, wealth and growth . he best bridged rivers in the world. Within a mile anda half there are nine bridges connecting the north and southbanks and the various leading thoroughfares in both divisions | Westminster Bridge. There are a balustrade and cornice, andthe length is 250 feet, while its width is 51 feet OConnellBridge, from which a fme view of OConnell Street and themonument to the Liberator be obtained, is too wellknown to need description. Finally, Wellington Br
The Industries of DublinHistorical, statistical, biographicalAn account of the leading business men, commercial interests, wealth and growth . he best bridged rivers in the world. Within a mile anda half there are nine bridges connecting the north and southbanks and the various leading thoroughfares in both divisions | Westminster Bridge. There are a balustrade and cornice, andthe length is 250 feet, while its width is 51 feet OConnellBridge, from which a fme view of OConnell Street and themonument to the Liberator be obtained, is too wellknown to need description. Finally, Wellington Bridge con-sists of one arch 240 feet by 12 feet. The structure is ofiron, and since it was opened, in 1S16, has stood well theravages of time and daily wear and tear. By sea and land internal and external intercourse withDublin is wonderfully easy. In the city arc centred thetermini of the principal Irish ,with which indispensable aids to commerce and fast loco-motion the capital is well supplied. Communication withthe west and midlands is facilitated by the Midland GreatWestern Railway, whose terminus is one of the chief archi-. VIEW OF THE LIFFEV. of the city. Kings Bridge, one of the more important ofthese, was designed by Papworth, and erected in 1827 and1828. It is so called owing to the visit of George IV. toDublin, in 1821. It has a-span of 120 feet, with graniteabutments, and is graceful in appearance. It cost ^£13,000,and was erected by public subscription. Queens Bridge is140 feet in length by 40 in width, and is so named in honourof Queen Charlotte. It is of stone, and was opened in Bridge—sometimes called Bloody Bridge, from thefact that four men were killed on it during one of the appren-tice riots, which were of frequent occurrence at the periodof its erection, in 1670—was rebuilt in 1858. Then there isRichmond Bridge, which has been erected on the site of theold Ormond Bridge. The latter did duty from 1428 till 1802,when it was swept awa
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