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made of brick and stone, but no records of its construction have been found in the
Corporation Records. On the 12th April 1818, the bridge collapsed after much rain and heavy flooding, such that "the whole valley resembled a huge lake". Three men were standing on it at the time, admiring the rushing waters, and were tipped in. Two were rescued, but one was drowned, his body recovered days later. An engineer, William Cubitt, succeeded in constructing a temporary floating bridge.
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