We will all have our own special bridge across the river that takes you from Salford into Manchester.
I will stand on the fence and just say I like them all, from the old Victorian ones to those exciting swirling footbridges which seem to keep popping up.
That said I do like Victoria Bridge, because it affords pretty impressive views of the new developments on both sides of the water.
Now whatever you think of those new developments they are going up a pace, and while I miss the earlier Victorian and Edwardian ones, some of these had pretty much had their day.
And it is also worth noting that the Victorians showed scant regard for what had been there before.
So here is the first of Andy Robertson’s new series on Views from Victoria Bridge.
Location; Salford
Picture; a date, 2017 from the collection of Andy Robertson
That said I do like Victoria Bridge, because it affords pretty impressive views of the new developments on both sides of the water.
Now whatever you think of those new developments they are going up a pace, and while I miss the earlier Victorian and Edwardian ones, some of these had pretty much had their day.
And it is also worth noting that the Victorians showed scant regard for what had been there before.
So here is the first of Andy Robertson’s new series on Views from Victoria Bridge.
Location; Salford
Picture; a date, 2017 from the collection of Andy Robertson
William & John Galloway Engineers Manchester in "1864 Produced the ironwork for the new single span Salford Bridge over the River Irwell alongside Exchange Station, connecting Chapel Street in Salford with Hunt's Bank in Manchester. The ironwork comprised twelve riveted wrought iron girders supporting twenty transverse joists 4 ft. apart, which in turn supported curved iron plates under the roadway material. The girders were 9 ft. deep, and the outer ones were topped by an ornamental parapet 4 ft. 9 in. high. The masonry and roadway were constructed by Abraham Pilling of Bolton."(Graces Guide).
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ReplyDeleteThere was a Victorian public lavatory on the bridge near that sign, probably disappeared by the 90's?
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