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    Stockton & Darlington worldfirst bridge gets £131k grant

    Mar 14, 2023 2 minutes

    DURHAM County Council has been given £161,000 by Historic England to repair and revitalise the remains of the world’s first iron railway bridge.

    Completed in 1823, Gaunless Bridge was designed by Stockton & Darlington Railway matermind George Stephenson and spanned the River Gaunless in West Auckland. It was

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