Morris Road Bridge - 1890 - London, UK - Bridge Date Stones and Plaques on Waymarking.com

This is not a very prestigious or a particularly attractive bridge and very little is published about its history. It is in a former industrial area, now largely residential. The bridge carries Morris Road over the Limehouse Cut, a canal built in 1770 to reduce transport times around the east side of London, linking Limehouse Basin to the Lee Navigation. The bridge was built at a time when the industrial use of this area was expanding.

The opening of the bridge is marked by a stone plaque in the south east corner of the bridge with the following inscription:

BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE POPLAR DISTRICT
THIS BRIDGE WAS OPENED
FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC FOR EVER
BY
WALTER HUNTER Esq. J.P. , L.C.C., Etc.
ON THE 19th DAY OF MAY 1890
P.W. MEIK M. Inst G.E. Engineer - Wm HENRY FARNFIELD Clerk
ALFRED THORNE Contractor - G.F. HOLT Surveyor

The informative plaque tells us not only when the bridge opened, but also the names of some of the builders and Council officials involved at the time.

The other four corners of the bridge also contain plaques. These are decorative and feature various coats of arms with a local significance. At the time of Waymarking they are in poor condition.

Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: 1890 Date stone, plaque location.: South east corner Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: Limehouse Cut Website (if available): Not listed Parking (safe parking location): Not Listed

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Date Logged Log   03/18/2023 Master Mariner visited it