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Highgate Archway
editHighgate Archway also known as Archway Bridge, The Archway and Suicide Bridge but officially the Hornsey Lane Bridge, is a bridge in Archway, London.
Name
editHighgate Archway is named after the place it joined to before the area became known as Archway. Highgate was a village that was so called as it was a toll on one of the highest points in London, to travellers traversing the Bishop of London's road across his park. This place was recorded as Heghgate in 1354.[1]
Highgate bypass
editMention The secret arch
Highgate tunnel (1809-12)
editNot to be confused with the railway tunnel.
First bridge
editSecond bridge
editThird bridge
editHistory
editPrevious archways
In 1884, the first cable-hauled tramway in Europe opened between Archway Tavern and Highgate Village up an 1 in 11 gradient up Highgate Hill. This was operated by Steep Grade Tramways and Works Company Ltd. The cars moved y having a gripper attached to a cable that ran in a conduit between the rails. The company over its history faced two closures and was taken over by the London Cable Company in 1909, when the tramway closed for electrification. [2]
Another tramway ran from Archway Tavern to City Bounday (Moorgate).[2]
Modern usage
editSurrounding area
editReferences
editCivil Engineering Heritage
The Archway Story
http://www.riocinema.ndirect.co.uk/2006/Apr06/specialcreenings.htm
Moving metropolis
http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/viewspages/0106.html
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/kinggeorge/v/003ktop00000030u001h0001.html
http://hornseyhistorical.awardspace.com/publist.htm
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/nov/25/road-works-london
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513791
http://www.brethrenhistory.org/qwicsitePro/php/docsview.php?docid=407
http://www.hidden-london.com/archway.html
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22516&strquery=%22Hornsey%20Lane%22%20Bridge
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=7111&strquery=archway%20bridge%20highgate
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51030&strquery=archway%20bridge%20highgate
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45245&strquery=archway%20bridge%20highgate
more to add
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1971/jul/09/archway-a1-road-bridge
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/search.htm?col=cmhar&qt=archway+bridge
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/16397/pages/1245
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/16401/pages/1327
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/16581/pages/454
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/16582/pages/472
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/16611/pages/1110
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL20847063M/Highgate_tunnel_or_The_Secret_Arch_1812
http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924013552306/cu31924013552306_djvu.txt and http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013552306
=Proper
edit- ^ Cyril M. Harris (2004). What's in a name. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
- ^ a b Taylor, Sheila, ed. (2001). The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport since 1800. Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 1-85669-326-0.