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Newport Transporter Bridge (Was Re: Professional model making at LLW for £69!)
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Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:07:07 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Mark Morgan writes:
> > What's your interest in the bridge - purely technical, or closer ties? I
> > was born and bred there, and missed the chance to do the annual new years
> > day walk over the top due to food poisoning! (honestly)
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> > http://www.images-of-britain.freeserve.co.uk/wa/wa00001.htm
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> Wow!!! That has got to be the goofiest bridge I've ever seen.(1) Way cool. I
> guess it was cheaper than building a lift bridge or a bridge that had long
> approaches and crossed at the height of the conveyor platform upper carriage?
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> Thanks for sharing that. It WOULD be an amazing model.
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> 1 - previous contenders were canal barge bridges built in the early 1800s
> and the Millenium Bridge that rolls sideways. Both from the UK...
> coincidence? I think not.
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> ++Lar
Well I guess that proves that no-one looks at anyone's profile ;-) It's
been down as my 'Someday I will build' for ages. In fact I thought I'd
discussed this last year when doing the New Civil Engineer thing (and James
Stacey mentioned the use of Lego in the design of the Falkirk Wheel)- I
definitely mentioned it to Ronan Webb and TJ Avery but maybe only on email.
Mark: It's purely technical (and also from a general love of Victorian
engineering) - I always thought TLC made no effort to do Technic sets which
weren't vehicles - and as a 'moving structure' the Newport Bridge has plenty
of interest for a model. I also would like to do Tower Bridge, The
Gateshead Millenium Bridge Larry mentioned, the Anderton Boat Lift and the
aforementioned Falkirk Wheel. I'm waiting for a chap from Newport Council
to send me some plans but I probably ought to remind him as it was some
months ago I asked and I've heard nowt. I wangled a look in the winch house
the last time I was there (I told the operator I was planning a Lego model!)
and took some pictures for reference, damn I love that bridge.
Larry: I believe I am right in saying there are 4 of these bridges still in
existence around the world, Two are in the UK, Newport and Middlesbrough,
one is in France and the other is in Duluth, Minnesota. (Is that too far
for a visit?) Actually you had better check as I think maybe the Duluth one
is the one that has been converted into a lifting bridge.
The deal in Newport is that the bridge connects two spits of land and there
wasn't space for approach viaducts, and I believe the span (which could be
no shorter due to the depth of the river and the width of the channel
needed) was too long for a lifting bridge as the self-weight of the deck
would have been too high.
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