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Flush Bracket 512: Bordesley Bridge   

Flush Bracket on E. face of battlement of bridge, over River Arrow, near Bordesley Lodge Farm [2GL] - FB reported destroyed (not found) 10/1952.

Location
Grid reference: SP 0401 6928.
Landranger 139: Birmingham & Wolverhampton.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB512.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
513 Bordesley Park 672.31m to the northeast.
511 Redditch, Railway Bridge 740.00m to the south.
510 Redditch, Enfield 1.29km to the southwest.
509 Ireland's Farm 1.29km to the southwest.
514 Dagnell End Farm 1.44km to the east.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Bromsgrove, 5.34km to the west.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 298.2320 feet [90.9011 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Bromsgrove to Warwick levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on E. face of battlement of bridge, over River Arrow, near Bordesley Lodge Farm.

Logged Visits
Logged on 19th July 2005 by RHW. Condition: Destroyed.
Bridge rebuilt 1927 (plaque on W face). Cut BM on S end of E face of W parapet.
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