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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Bath, England, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1769-1774 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorAdam, Roberten_US
dc.date1769-1774en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-20T14:57:45Z
dc.date.available2012-12-20T14:57:45Z
dc.date.issued1769-1774en_US
dc.identifier177780en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2131en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/82935
dc.descriptionShops on the south side of the bridge; Pulteney Bridge is a bridge that crosses the River Avon, in Bath. It was completed in 1774 and is designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. The bridge was designed by Robert Adam, whose working drawings are preserved in the Sir John Soane's Museum, and is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across the full span on both sides. Early in 18th century Bath, there had been a steady advance of streets, squares and crescents northwards. Now Adam was brought in to design Pulteney Bridge, a skillful adaptation of Palladio’s unexecuted design for the Rialto Bridge, Venice. Pulteney Bridge stood for less than 20 years in the form that Adam created. In 1792 alterations to enlarge the shops marred the elegance of the façades. The original facade was restored in 1951. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/18/2010)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectengineering and industrial designen_US
dc.subjectmanufacturingen_US
dc.subjectbridges (built works)en_US
dc.subjectRiversen_US
dc.subjectRoads Design and constructionen_US
dc.subjectshopsen_US
dc.subjectshoppingen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.subjectPalladianen_US
dc.titlePulteney Bridgeen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-ARO-PB-B2en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypebridge (built work)en_US
vra.worktypestreeten_US
vra.worktypestoreen_US
dc.contributor.displayRobert Adam (British architect, 1728-1792)en_US


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