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Fulham Railway Bridge crosses the 
Originally referred to by its design engineers 
River Thames
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in London
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. It is very close to Putney Bridge
Putney Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north. Before the first bridge was built in 1729, a ferry had shuttled between the two banks.
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, and carries the London Underground
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District line
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between Putney Bridge station on the North, and East Putney station on the South. Fulham Railway Bridge can also be crossed on foot, on the downstream (east) side.
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and William Jacomb
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as Putney Railway Bridge (which it is still sometimes called) it has no official name, but for over a hundred years it has been known colloquially as "The Iron Bridge".
History
The bridge is of lattice girder construction and long, with 5 spans totalling actually across the river, two further spans on the southern shore, and one on the north. It was designed for theLondon and South Western Railway
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by Brunel
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's former assistant William Jacomb
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, built by Head Wrightson
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and opened in 1889.
It was refurbished between 1995 and 1997 for the London Underground
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by Tilbury Douglas
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The company was originally founded in 1884 as the London and Tilbury Lighterage Company Limited, and retained the Tilbury name until 2001. From 1991 it was know ...
, and it was at that time that a plaque bearing the erroneous title Fulham Railway Bridge was attached to the pillar at the top of the pedestrian stairway on the Putney (Southern) downstream side of the bridge."latter-day naming":
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See also
*Crossings of the River Thames
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Counting every channel – such as by its islands linked to only one bank – it is crossed by over 300 brid ...
* List of lattice girder bridges in the United Kingdom
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The term "lattice girder", is used in th ...
* List of bridges in London
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References
Further reading
* Chris Roberts: Cross River Traffic: A history of London's Bridges, Granta 2006 ,External links
* Bridges across the River Thames Bridges in London Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Wandsworth Railway bridges in London Bridges completed in 1889 Transport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Transport in the London Borough of Wandsworth {{UK-bridge-struct-stub