Photo id/ref number: 11617450196/B015/P5089 Ruins of the old Great Bridge of Tyne washed away in the floods of 16th/17th November 1771. Newcastle upon Tyne over the river taken from the shores of Gateshead. It was replaced by a ferry service, and then a temporary wooden bridge until a new stone bridge was completed in 1781.
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