The Twin swing spans at Barton Across the Manchester Ship Canal at Barton. The nearest span is the Barton Road Bridge, the further span the Barton Swing Aqueduct.
This is one of over 100 photographs taken before and during a Manchester Ship Canal Cruise on July 25, 2017 on board the historic steam tug-tender DANIEL ADAMSON. For the full gallery please click here: www.jhluxton.com/Shipping/Historic-Ships/ST-Daniel-Adamso...
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Cadishead Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct of multi-lattice girder construction.
It was built in 1892 by the Cheshire Lines Committee to clear the newly built Manchester Ship Canal to carry the new deviation of the Glazebrook to Woodley Main Line. The central span is 40 yards (37 m) long, and the clearance is 75 feet (23 m).
It opened to goods on 27 February 1893 and to passenger traffic on 29 May 1893.
Following the withdrawal of passenger services in 1964, the line became goods only, and when expensive repairs to the viaduct were needed in the early 1980s, British Rail closed the viaduct and the preceding line towards Glazebrook.
It is now blocked with containers on each end owing to anti-social behaviour (It has been suggested that dropping bricks from the viaduct down passing ship's funnels had been a local past-time!) and to stop people walking across it, as the deck of the viaduct is in a very bad state with major corrosion setting in on the soffits and trough decking of the major steel span of the viaduct.
This is one of over 100 photographs taken before and during a Manchester Ship Canal Cruise on July 25, 2017 on board the historic steam tug-tender DANIEL ADAMSON. For the full gallery please click here: www.jhluxton.com/Shipping/Historic-Ships/ST-Daniel-Adamso...
Looking up from ships passing underneath quite a few holes can be seen in the decking.
During Spring 2017 a local businessman has suggested reopening the bridge to carry heritage railway trains and a public footpath.
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Monnow Bridge (Welsh: Pont Trefynwy), in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge.
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Such bridge towers were common across Europe from medieval times, but many were destroyed due to urban expansion, diminishing defensive requirements and the increasing demands of traffic and trade. The historical and architectural importance of the bridge and its rarity are reflected in its status as a Scheduled Monument and a Grade I listed building. The bridge crosses the River Monnow (Afon Mynwy) 500 metres (1,600 ft) above its confluence with the River Wye.
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GLT676 National Fire Service NFS 10D / 22 Austin K2 Derby Emergency tender participating in the Mersey Queensway Tunnel 60th Anniversary Road Run - July 17, 1994.
Camera: Contax RTSII + Carl Zeiss f1.7 50mm Planar lens
Other 35mm photographs of the Mersey Queensway Tunnel 60th Anniversary Road Run please click here: www.jhluxton.com/The-35mm-Film-Archive/Transport-Rallies-...
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Brunel's magnificent Clifton Suspension Bridge viewed from the Clifton Abutment looking towards Leigh Woods on the Somerset side of the Avon Gorge.
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The Clifton Suspension Bridge spans the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset. Since opening in 1864, it has been a toll bridge; the income from which provides funds for its maintenance. The bridge was completed by William Henry Barlow and John Hawkshaw, based on a modification of the design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Brunel described his Clifton project as 'My First Love, My Darling', but unfortunately died before it was completed. It is a grade I listed building and forms part of the B3129 road.
The idea of building a bridge across the Avon Gorge originated in 1753. Original plans were for a stone bridge and later iterations were for a wrought iron structure. In 1843 construction work which had commenced in 1836 , and the revised version of his designs was built after his death and completed in 1864. Although similar in size, the bridge towers are not identical in design, the Clifton tower having side cut-outs, the Leigh tower more pointed arches atop a 110-foot (34 m) red sandstone-clad abutment. Roller-mounted "saddles" at the top of each tower allow movement of the three independent wrought iron chains on each side when loads pass over the bridge. The bridge deck is suspended by 162 vertical wrought-iron rods in 81 matching pairs.
The Clifton Bridge Company initially managed the bridge under licence from a charitable trust. The trust subsequently purchased the company shares, completing this in 1949 and took over the running of the bridge using the income from tolls to pay for maintenance. The bridge is a distinctive landmark, used as a symbol of Bristol on postcards, promotional materials, and informational web sites. It was also used as a backdrop to several films and television advertising and programmes. It has also been the venue for significant cultural events such as the first modern bungee jump in 1979, the last ever Concorde flight in 2003 and a handover of the Olympic Torch relay in 2012.
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