Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,066 pages of information and 246,706 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Cechuv Bridge, Prague

From Graces Guide
2018

Čechův Bridge is a steel arch road bridge across the Vltava River in central Prague.

Three spans of 47.8 m, 53.1 m, and 59.2 m.

Built 1905 - 1908. Engineers: Jiří Soukup, Václav Trča, František Mencl (and/or M. Petrů?). Architect: Jan Koula.

The bridge is distinguised by art nouveua decorative features which include bronze sculptures by Antonín Popp on top of four tall columns. The tops of the cutwaters have bronze statues of torch bearers, with hydra figures on the downstream side of the piers. The bridge was named in honour of Svatopluk Čech, a Czech writer, journalist and poet, but between 1940 and 1945 it was named Mendel bridge.

More information here and here.


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