Runcorn - Widnes Transporter Bridge spanning the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn Gap, Cheshire
Artist/Photographer | Nairn, Ian (1930-1983) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Runcorn |
Subject Date | 1905 |
Image Date | 1961 |
View | Exterior |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP274/9 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Bridges ; 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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