Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Esholt Suspension bridge (Cawood and Sons of Leeds). The bridge here predates the adjacent sewage works 💩 (just behind the trees) I didn't find a date on the bridge but searches show first mention of M Cawood and Sons in 1817 and was succeeded by John Cawood and Son by 1847, so it was built sometime between those dates. The bridge had work done in 1980 replacing the deck structure with aluminium (low maintenance) and more recently in 2016 to repair flood damage 🌊. The bridge is suspended using iron eyebars to form a chain (similar to Clifton and Menai suspension bridges) 🔗, more modern bridges use steel cables. Sadly the bridge didn't have a great deal of bounce ☹️ #suspensionbridge #eyebar #chainbridge #riveraire #esholt #oldbridge #castellated #cawoodandsons A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Aug 9, 2019 at 5:37am PDT
Esholt Suspension bridge (Cawood and Sons of Leeds). The bridge here predates the adjacent sewage works 💩 (just behind the trees) I didn't find a date on the bridge but searches show first mention of M Cawood and Sons in 1817 and was succeeded by John Cawood and Son by 1847, so it was built sometime between those dates. The bridge had work done in 1980 replacing the deck structure with aluminium (low maintenance) and more recently in 2016 to repair flood damage 🌊. The bridge is suspended using iron eyebars to form a chain (similar to Clifton and Menai suspension bridges) 🔗, more modern bridges use steel cables. Sadly the bridge didn't have a great deal of bounce ☹️ #suspensionbridge #eyebar #chainbridge #riveraire #esholt #oldbridge #castellated #cawoodandsons
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Aug 9, 2019 at 5:37am PDT
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