Andrew Handyside who made Friargate bridge in Derby made lots of railway station ironwork around the world, here is an example of some at Bristol Temple Meads railway station
which I went to see last month. See my video.Bristol Temple Meads station opened on 31st August 1840, as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway. Designed by the famous British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The station was expanded in the 1870's and again in 1930 and 1935.
Handyside was the main iron manufacturer contracted during Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt’s major redevelopment of Temple Meads in 1871–1878.
They cast the structural columns, girders, and ornamental brackets for the 1870s station expansion, including the original overall iron
canopy along Station Approach.
I noticed some of the support columns near the southwest end of the canopy near the statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel were marked with "W. A. Baker Newport", they
were the supplier for the extension of the station in 1930–1935, Handyside had gone into liquidation by then otherwise Im sure they would have continued to supply the ironwork for this station.
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If you know of any items (apart from Post boxes) in the world bearing the Andrew Handyside badge that I have not marked on my world map then please let me know.
My video of the Handyside Ironwork :
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