Happy birthday to the iconic……

Keanu_Reeves · October 17, 2023, 08:25:22 PM

Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge - opened on this day 17th October 1911

erimus74 · October 17, 2023, 08:29:32 PM

Quote from: Keanu_Reeves on October 17, 2023, 08:25:22 PMMiddlesbrough Transporter Bridge - opened on this day 17th October 1911

Happy birthday to such a beautiful iconic bridge, IIRC, the only bridge of its kind in the world & a bridge to be proud of

Ural Quntz (Moderator) · October 17, 2023, 08:43:02 PM

Quote from: erimus74 on October 17, 2023, 08:29:32 PM
Quote from: Keanu_Reeves on October 17, 2023, 08:25:22 PMMiddlesbrough Transporter Bridge - opened on this day 17th October 1911

Happy birthday to such a beautiful iconic bridge, IIRC, the only bridge of its kind in the world & a bridge to be proud of

I've seen another one in Bilbao but its a rather spindly looking thing compared to ours.

Blott · October 17, 2023, 09:12:48 PM

Quote from: Ural Quntz (Moderator) on October 17, 2023, 08:43:02 PM
Quote from: erimus74 on October 17, 2023, 08:29:32 PM
Quote from: Keanu_Reeves on October 17, 2023, 08:25:22 PMMiddlesbrough Transporter Bridge - opened on this day 17th October 1911

Happy birthday to such a beautiful iconic bridge, IIRC, the only bridge of its kind in the world & a bridge to be proud of

I've seen another one in Bilbao but its a rather spindly looking thing compared to ours.

I worked there quite often and looked for it. Eventually I asked and it was pointed out, even then I was not convinced.

Spindly sums it up brilliantly.

AtomicDog · October 17, 2023, 10:17:36 PM

There's one in Newport

erimus74 · October 18, 2023, 12:39:49 AM

Cheers Atomic, I thought, wrongly, that ours was the only one working, never mind, back to the drawing board 😔

AtomicDog · October 18, 2023, 08:19:09 AM

Erimus, not pulling you up on that mate, wouldn't dream of that. Just pointing it out.

That's a smaller version.

Infact I did hear that one is no longer there.

I'm sure I seen a documentary before, Fred Dibnah one, said he'd been ordered, or he was gonna 'get it ' by some 'Big time' Doorman, come hood in the Midlands.

"Get your ar*e down there Dibsy, dismantle it. I want it putting in My back garden, next to Neverland, before the waltzers . . . And hurry up, Dafcun"

Not surprised, poor Fred imagine having that brute threatening you.

Looks like a manic, Midland's Mick Foley.

I bet Gwent council weren't very happy, imagine having to walk all the way round too, if you use to cross it to go to work. You'd have to get up an hour earlier, nightmare.

erimus74 · October 18, 2023, 08:53:55 AM

Quote from: AtomicDog on October 18, 2023, 08:19:09 AMErimus, not pulling you up on that mate, wouldn't dream of that. Just pointing it out.

That's a smaller version.

Infact I did hear that one is no longer there.

I'm sure I seen a documentary before, Fred Dibnah one, said he'd been ordered, or he was gonna 'get it ' by some 'Big time' Doorman, come hood in the Midlands.

"Get your ar*e down there Dibsy, dismantle it. I want it putting in My back garden, next to Neverland, before the waltzers . . . And hurry up, Dafcun"

Not surprised, poor Fred imagine having that brute threatening you.

Looks like a manic, Midland's Mick Foley.

I bet Gwent council weren't very happy, imagine having to walk all the way round too, if you use to cross it to go to work. You'd have to get up an hour earlier, nightmare.

I know you wouldnt Atomic, that was excellent footage BTW