STAPENHILL FOOT BRIDGE 1889 Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire HEW1785 SK253 219 (not visited)

This elegant Victorian suspension foot bridge was the gift of Baron Burton. The width is six feet and the main span is 120 feet and the two side spans are each 60 feet. The suspension cables are wrought iron rods with staggered joints hanging from elaborate cast iron towers 6 feet in diameter which are footed in the river. The engineers were Thornwill and Warham.