epw018913 ENGLAND (1927). The Railway Bridge and Transporter Bridge over the River Mersey, Runcorn Gap, 1927
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| Title | [EPW018913] The Railway Bridge and Transporter Bridge over the River Mersey, Runcorn Gap, 1927 |
| Reference | EPW018913 |
| Date | 17-July-1927 |
| Link | |
| Place name | RUNCORN GAP |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 351031, 383435 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.7356366244041, 53.345272362802 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ510834 |
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 DREDGING Dep TUGS (STEAM) |
 Bottom Yard |
Sunday 6th of October 2024 05:35:45 PM |
| Mersey Flat |
 Ginger79 |
Wednesday 22nd of November 2023 01:05:52 AM |
| DREDGING DEP, OFFICE. |
Bottom Yard |
Wednesday 7th of September 2022 01:42:43 PM |
| RUNCORN TRANSORTER BRIDGE |
austin |
Tuesday 9th of February 2021 03:11:20 PM |
| MSC BOLLIN GRAB DREDGER |
Bottom Yard |
Thursday 10th of January 2019 01:48:38 PM |
| UPPER MERSEY NAVIGATION BUOY REPAIR SHED AND HAND CRANE |
Bottom Yard |
Thursday 10th of January 2019 01:44:28 PM |
| FISHING, SHRIMPING SAILING BOAT |
Bottom Yard |
Tuesday 11th of December 2018 07:55:15 PM |
| STEAM POWERED SIDE WHEELER, PADDLE TRAFFIC TUG |
Bottom Yard |
Tuesday 11th of December 2018 07:51:04 PM |
 Class31 |
Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:00:22 PM | |
| Old Quay Lock |
lookingin |
Saturday 28th of July 2012 08:31:35 PM |
| Manchester Ship Canal |
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Saturday 28th of July 2012 08:31:16 PM |
| St Mary's CofE Church |
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Saturday 28th of July 2012 08:30:51 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey, Runcorn, 28/05/2015 |
Class31 |
Sunday 31st of May 2015 09:01:07 PM |
... over the river mersey AND the Manchester Ship Canal. For Seangerard's info - both bridges have long gone and is now a single "coathanger" bridge although another road bridge is proposed. A transporter bridge picks up vehicles in a cabin on one side of the river and "transports" them to the other side suspended between the gantry you can see. |
Ray(T) |
Monday 12th of January 2015 07:36:39 PM |
The railway bridge is still there and in use. Only the transporter bridge has gone. |
ianarny |
Monday 12th of January 2015 07:36:39 PM |
Ray(T) the transporter bridge is long gone, replaced in 1961, but the railway bridge is still there alongside the Silver Jubilee Bridge which is a mini 'Sydney Harbour style' road bridge. |
Pugwash |
Thursday 18th of September 2014 12:00:14 AM |
There's another transporter bridge nearby in the middle of Warrington. It's unused and in poor condition though. |
pjcamera |
Thursday 18th of September 2014 12:00:14 AM |
In 1959 I drove my Post Office Telephones green van across the transporter from Widnes to Runcorn for telephone maintenance every day. I had to be the first on the car with an ICI tanker behind me. I used to have my lunch break in Runcorn so that I could sedate my nerves from the trauma in the pub! I was later promoted to Widnes telephone exchange about 1960 and I saw the new road bridge being built and when the job was finished we got a new cleaner who had just finished a few years rowing the safety boat on the Mersey every day downstream of the bridge. |
Dave Croft |
Saturday 4th of May 2013 12:32:13 AM |
In 1959 I drove my Post Office Telephones green van across the transporter from Widnes to Runcorn for telephone maintenance every day. I had to be the first on the car with an ICI tanker behind me. I used to have my lunch break in Runcorn so that I could sedate my nerves from the trauma in the pub! I was later promoted to Widnes telephone exchange about 1960 and I saw the new road bridge being built and when the job was finished we got a new cleaner who had just finished a few years rowing the safety boat on the Mersey every day downstream of the bridge. |
Dave Croft |
Saturday 4th of May 2013 12:32:12 AM |
 Bridge at Runcorn |
Martin |
Tuesday 3rd of July 2012 05:47:44 PM |
The Widnes - Runcorn Transporter Bridge and the LNWR Crewe - Liverpool railway viaduct cross the river Mersey. A pity you can no longer walk across the railway bride. The Silver Jubilee Road Bridge now dominates this area. It provides a good view-point but beware of the traffic! |
Frank S |
Saturday 30th of June 2012 11:28:47 AM |
Middlesbrough in the north east of england still has one,in use everyday operating over the river tees from middlesbrough to port clarence,celebrated its centenary in 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge |
gus1961 |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 11:07:31 AM |
Could anyone tell me what a transporter bridge is ? Never seen his design of bridge before. Is it still there ? Is it still in use ? |
Seangerard |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 03:19:59 PM |