Cork Bridge, Waterworks and Improvement Act 1856
WHEREAS the Bridge in the Borough of Cork (in this Act called "the Borough") known as Saint Patrick's Bridge was, by a Flood in the River Lee, on the Second Day of November 1853, partially destroyed: And whereas it is expedient that the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough (in this Act called "the Corporation,") be enabled to remove the remaining Portions of that Bridge, and instead thereof to build a new Bridge over the said River in the Borough, at or near the Site of that Bridge: ...