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Runcorn - Widnes Transporter Bridge spanning the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn Gap, Cheshire

RIBA Ref No RIBA50050
Artist/PhotographerNairn, Ian (1930-1983)
CountryUK: England
CityRuncorn
Subject Date1905
Image Date1961
ViewExterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP274/9
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectBridges ; Towers ; Steel
NOTES; This was Britain's first transporter bridge and remained in use until 1961 when it was replaced by a through arch bridge, renamed the Silver Jubilee Bridge in 1977. It was subsequently demolished.
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