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Paragraph 3 refers to the brothers William and Robert Adam, but William Adam was Robert Adam's father, and died in 1848. Did he have a second son also called William, who was also an architect / builder? If so, please change the link I created to William Adam (architect) to something else.- gadfium (talk) 23:44, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Is there any chance this was designed by the same person who built, or is based on the idea of, the original London Bridge? Simply south 00:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
If the Pulteney Bridge is in a set of four bridges in the world with shops along both sides of their span, and the set includes Ponte Vecchio in Florence and the Rialto Bridge in Venice, both in Italy, then where is or was number four? Not the OldLondon Bridge, which was long gone when Pulteney was built. -- Suzikay ( talk) 00:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I think that this article could benefit from a picture of the bridge taken down the center. If someone lives near it and can take such a photo, it could be added to improve the article. Lexandalf ( talk) 03:47, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
I'd also like to see a wider picture of the waterfalls and an explanation of how they were developed. ~ JasonCarswell (talk) 10:17, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Kennet and Avon Canal, now on the main page, has a piped link to this article under the name of Pulteney Weir. This article on the bridge only mentions the weir in passing. The weir was used for the scene of Javert's suicide in the film version of Les Misérables. See production notes, p. 40. Kablammo ( talk) 16:28, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Production notes, page 40 (at the end of the page). I doubted there are any other weirs on the Avon at Bath, and your local source confirms the identification.One shot was added for Javert's final suicidal jump into the Seine, which was shot at the spectacular weir on the River Avon in the center of the Georgian City of Bath.
You may wish to consider either creating a separate article on the weir, or else creating Pulteney Weir as a redirect to this article. As I don't have the knowledge to know if the weir is important enough to merit a separate article, I leave that to you.
Best wishes, Kablammo ( talk) 16:14, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
I have been expanding this article and responding to the comments made during the peer review, however I'm having problems finding suitable material for the architecture section. Could anyone help? Also is there anything else which other editors feel needs doing before this article would be suitable for GA nomination?— Rod talk 14:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
The opening sentence should describe what the bridge is. That is, what it is now. Bathwick is an area of Bath that contains Georgian streets - no doubt, at the time it was described as a "new town", or a newly-built town, as is explained in the text. But it is not a new town now, and, unlike, say, Edinburgh New Town, it is not described as a new town now. It is misleading to readers to describe it plainly as a "new town" when it is obviously not a new town now - it is simply one area of Bath. Those words should not be in the opening sentence - the relationship between the bridge and Bathwick in the 18th century is described in the text. I'd be happy with a wording something like ".... with the Georgian "new town" of Bathwick..." if the consensus is that some wording other than simply "Bathwick" should be included. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 06:46, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Ghmyrtle ( talk) 15:29, 26 April 2013 (UTC)"Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the newly built Georgian town of Bathwick. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across the full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building...."
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"One of only four bridges in the world to have shops across its full span on both sides."
The coverage of the development and the loss of Adam's classical purity still isn't well detailed (web searching throws up a few much more detailed sites doing a better job of it). Re this change, it removed the claim that the shops had once been cantilevered out on both sides. I've left this, though unsourced, because I can't find anything to support WP's previous claim that there had ever been cantilevering to the southern, now clear, facade. There's some description of the South side being stripped back before 1951, but it's unclear if this was just the road face, or the outer face too. Sources anyone? Andy Dingley ( talk) 10:14, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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Paragraph 3 refers to the brothers William and Robert Adam, but William Adam was Robert Adam's father, and died in 1848. Did he have a second son also called William, who was also an architect / builder? If so, please change the link I created to William Adam (architect) to something else.- gadfium (talk) 23:44, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Is there any chance this was designed by the same person who built, or is based on the idea of, the original London Bridge? Simply south 00:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
If the Pulteney Bridge is in a set of four bridges in the world with shops along both sides of their span, and the set includes Ponte Vecchio in Florence and the Rialto Bridge in Venice, both in Italy, then where is or was number four? Not the OldLondon Bridge, which was long gone when Pulteney was built. -- Suzikay ( talk) 00:20, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
I think that this article could benefit from a picture of the bridge taken down the center. If someone lives near it and can take such a photo, it could be added to improve the article. Lexandalf ( talk) 03:47, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
I'd also like to see a wider picture of the waterfalls and an explanation of how they were developed. ~ JasonCarswell (talk) 10:17, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Kennet and Avon Canal, now on the main page, has a piped link to this article under the name of Pulteney Weir. This article on the bridge only mentions the weir in passing. The weir was used for the scene of Javert's suicide in the film version of Les Misérables. See production notes, p. 40. Kablammo ( talk) 16:28, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Production notes, page 40 (at the end of the page). I doubted there are any other weirs on the Avon at Bath, and your local source confirms the identification.One shot was added for Javert's final suicidal jump into the Seine, which was shot at the spectacular weir on the River Avon in the center of the Georgian City of Bath.
You may wish to consider either creating a separate article on the weir, or else creating Pulteney Weir as a redirect to this article. As I don't have the knowledge to know if the weir is important enough to merit a separate article, I leave that to you.
Best wishes, Kablammo ( talk) 16:14, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
I have been expanding this article and responding to the comments made during the peer review, however I'm having problems finding suitable material for the architecture section. Could anyone help? Also is there anything else which other editors feel needs doing before this article would be suitable for GA nomination?— Rod talk 14:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
The opening sentence should describe what the bridge is. That is, what it is now. Bathwick is an area of Bath that contains Georgian streets - no doubt, at the time it was described as a "new town", or a newly-built town, as is explained in the text. But it is not a new town now, and, unlike, say, Edinburgh New Town, it is not described as a new town now. It is misleading to readers to describe it plainly as a "new town" when it is obviously not a new town now - it is simply one area of Bath. Those words should not be in the opening sentence - the relationship between the bridge and Bathwick in the 18th century is described in the text. I'd be happy with a wording something like ".... with the Georgian "new town" of Bathwick..." if the consensus is that some wording other than simply "Bathwick" should be included. Ghmyrtle ( talk) 06:46, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Ghmyrtle ( talk) 15:29, 26 April 2013 (UTC)"Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the newly built Georgian town of Bathwick. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across the full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building...."
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Puente Pulteney, Bath, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 51.JPG will be appearing as picture of the day on December 10, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-12-10. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich ( talk) 01:40, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
"One of only four bridges in the world to have shops across its full span on both sides."
The coverage of the development and the loss of Adam's classical purity still isn't well detailed (web searching throws up a few much more detailed sites doing a better job of it). Re this change, it removed the claim that the shops had once been cantilevered out on both sides. I've left this, though unsourced, because I can't find anything to support WP's previous claim that there had ever been cantilevering to the southern, now clear, facade. There's some description of the South side being stripped back before 1951, but it's unclear if this was just the road face, or the outer face too. Sources anyone? Andy Dingley ( talk) 10:14, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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