Document 47, Mr Smeaton's estimate of costs, 10 December 1783
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| An Estimate of the upstanding work of Hexham Bridge; | ||||
| a valuation of the fallen and damaged Materials- | ||||
| towards reinstating the Bridge; and an Estimate of | ||||
| what will be further required in Cash to restore the | ||||
| said Bridge conformable to the Terms of Mr Errington’s | ||||
| Contract with the County of Northumberland | ||||
| the value of the upstanding parts of the | ||||
| Bridge; in which I account the North and | ||||
| South Land Breasts, with their respective | ||||
| Slopes, Land Arches and Mill Arch; also | ||||
| the first Arch of the Bridge, and parapets from | ||||
| the South side, and the first and third piers | ||||
| from the South side: These Articles on a careful | ||||
| Valuation of particulars I estimate at the Sum of 1786 4 – | ||||
| the Value of the fallen and damaged | ||||
| Materials, towards the Reerection of the | ||||
| Bridge, from the best estimation I can make | ||||
| of them, I think them worth at the least 387 16 7 | ||||
| To compleat the Erection of the fallen parts, | ||||
| conformable to the Terms of Mr Errington’s | ||||
| Contract with the County, I estimate at | ||||
| the further Sum of 2925 17 5 | ||||
| 5099 18 | ||||
| Sandoe | ||||
| 10 Decr 1783 J Smeaton | ||||
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