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.

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

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.

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936

Building the Chelsea Bridge, 1936