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Here's some more.
Guess where .......... one is obvious. :wink:
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Hi,
peetee wrote: 3 Dec 2021, 10:11am Ooo, goody. I had hoped a picture of the Forth rail bridge would feature eventually. IMHO the most magnificent, beautiful structure ever built. :D
What not this-

Ok so not end to end...but self supported.. :)
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Is the bottom of 3 the Severn bridge. I keep away from the edge when crossing in case I get blown over the railings. :roll:

Don't recognise the top one but if in lejog order it could be North of Inverness.
And if it is I rode over it but couldn't see more than a few yards in front of me due to the rain. :(
It's nice to see what I missed, maybe next time.
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NATURAL ANKLING wrote: 3 Dec 2021, 10:48am Hi,
peetee wrote: 3 Dec 2021, 10:11am Ooo, goody. I had hoped a picture of the Forth rail bridge would feature eventually. IMHO the most magnificent, beautiful structure ever built. :D
What not this-
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Ok so not end to end...but self supported.. :)
Yep I think Brunel's Royal Albert bridge takes the top spot too. :D
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Sorry but to my eye the Saltash bridge seems like a strange mix of vertical lines and arcs and a bit top-heavy. It looks like the top arches should be pushing the piers over. I understand the physics behind it, but the end result just doesn’t do it for me.
But while we are talking Brunel, well, the Maidenhead railway bridge is pure, elegant, engineering genius.
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peetee wrote: 3 Dec 2021, 1:15pm Sorry but to my eye the Saltash bridge seems like a strange mix of vertical lines and arcs and a bit top-heavy. It looks like the top arches should be pushing the piers over. I understand the physics behind it, but the end result just doesn’t do it for me.
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This is how it should look. Without the road bridge in view. It's hanging in my dining room as a reminder.
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Mick F wrote: 3 Dec 2021, 10:46am Here's some more.
Guess where .......... one is obvious. :wink:

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The top one looks like the Kessock Bridge going north from Inverness.
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Yep! :D
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Here's a shot or two from near here only yesterday walking the doggie.

Notice the use of miles and chains that BR use for distance and the use of both metres and feet for the height.

CAL is the Callington Branch Line, but it only goes to Gunnislake these days and only to the new station which is 300yds+ nearer these days.
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Hi,

Royal Albert Bridge
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Bridge

"The two spans are lenticular trusses with the top chord of each truss comprising a heavy tubular arch in compression, which tend to expand in length under load, while the bottom chord comprises a pair of chains, which tend to contract in length under load. By design, these two effects cancel so that there is no net change in length under load. This in turn enables each of the trusses to be simply supported with no horizontal thrust exerted on the piers, which is crucial in view of the curved track on either side. Between these two chords are supporting cross-bracing members and suspension standards which hang beneath the bottom chord to carry the railway deck which is a continuous plate beam"
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Here's a couple of shots from me today.
Walking the doggie along the old railbed south of Tavistock to Shillamill Viaduct.
Disused railway on the old Plymouth Okehampton route.
The viaduct is gated at either end, but it is in a sound condition and they hope to reopen the line from Tavistock to Bere Alston where there is already a connection to Plymouth.
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The swing bridge across the entrance to Preston Docks.
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The view down the River Ribble over the hydraulic-ram operated lock gates, and heading seaward.
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Some carved water level marks on the lock wall in Roman numerals; indicating 30,29,28 etc, feet presumably.
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The river was navigated by the Romans, at least as far as their fort at Ribchester, I don't think the above incised scrawl on the wall is theirs though..
The pyramid shaped building in the first picture is the Riversway Bridge control centre, nothing to do with the Egyptians either.
Interesting history of the Ribble
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Ribble
It's a mighty river by the time it gets to Preston, about 60 or 70 metres across.
The excellent Preston Guild Wheel circular, shared-use route around the town runs alongside it for a good bit.
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-a ... ild-wheel/
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colin54 wrote: 3 Jan 2022, 8:30am The swing bridge across the entrance to Preston Docks.
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The view down the River Ribble over the hydraulic-ram operated lock gates, and heading seaward.
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Some carved water level marks on the lock wall in Roman numerals; indicating 30,29,28 etc, feet presumably.
P1160664 (2).JPG
The river was navigated by the Romans, at least as far as their fort at Ribchester, I don't think the above incised scrawl on the wall is theirs though..

The pyramid shaped building in the first picture is the Riversway Bridge control centre, nothing to do with the Egyptians either.
Interesting history of the Ribble
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Ribble
It's a mighty river by the time it gets to Preston, about 60 or 70 metres across.
The excellent Preston Guild Wheel circular, shared-use route around the town runs alongside it for a good bit.
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-a ... ild-wheel/
Nice pics we should do a ride sometime!!

you have a PM re touriste....

Cheers James
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