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This is Chelsea Bridge, the first Chelsea Bridge. It was opened with some celebration in 1858. It looks a little like its younger cousin the still surviving but beleaguered bridge at Hammersmith, opened in 1887. Unlike Hammersmith less than a hundred years passed before a new Chelsea bridge was needed to cope with the demands of traffic both across and under the bridge.
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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This is Chelsea Bridge, the first Chelsea Bridge. It was opened with some celebration in 1858. It looks a little like its younger cousin the still surviving but beleaguered bridge at Hammersmith, opened in 1887. Unlike Hammersmith less than a hundred years passed before a new Chelsea bridge was needed to cope with the demands of traffic both across and under the bridge.
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jk6pasdXGNM/UDYE7ku-YJI/AAAAAAABm-0/km-fctc6G-8/s640/Building+the+Chelsea+Bridge,+1936+(10).jpg)
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936
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