Town Bridge - Weymouth Harbour - sign - W.P.B.C - Weymouth Bridge Bylaws : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Town Bridge - Weymouth Harbour - sign - W.P.B.C - Weymouth Bridge Bylaws / ell brown
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| 説明 | It was such a nice day, that we headed to Weymouth and Portland. Lucky to have blue skys as well after previous rainy days.The harbour in Weymouth.This is the Town Bridge in Weymouth. It is currently getting renovated. I assume that it opens in half, based on the barriers, and level crossing like lights.It is Grade II listed.Town Bridge, WeymouthWEYMOUTHSY6778NE Town Bridge873-1/23/2GV IIBascule road bridge crossing the Harbour, and linking OldWeymouth with Melcombe Regis. 1930. Steel bascules, Portlandashlar abutments and arches with some coursed sandstone.The bridge has a nearly level roadway carried on bascules to aflat segmental arch between formal abutments with squarecorner buttresses.At the S end, connecting with Trinity Road, a parapet wall tothe height of the abutments swings round in a segment, and theHarbour wall is swept round to meet it, containing a smallplatform to the W, and a similar platform to the E, but with aset of steps within ashlar walls. At the N end, leading intoSt Thomas Street, there is a similar abutment, with a pavilionfor the bridge controller, then 2 low segmental arches overthe quayside road, with stone parapets, stopped on the E sideto a flight of 20 steps to the Quay level.The bascule section has a steel balustrade in 10 panels eachside, with a broad teak handrail. The end abutments are inchannelled ashlar, with a square opening with paired doors atthe lower level, surmounted by a cornice at roadway level. Thecorner buttresses provide recessed embayments at pavementlevel, and an entry to the control building on the NE unit;they are terminated with prominent steel lanterns, 6 in all,on open truncated pyramidal bases and with a trellis top. Thecontrol pavilion has a low stone weathered roof above acornice, and is semi-octagonal on the E side, with a glazeddoor from the pavement, and a single casement to 5 outerfacets, above 4 oculi and a door on the water side.At the St Thomas Street end the 2 segmental arches over thelow road are in concrete cast on permanent steel shuttering,and there is a low connecting arch in the wall between the 2throughways; most of the stonework here, and in the lowerparts of the abutment retaining walls, is in grey sandstone.There are 4 commemorative plaques or tablets: on the NWabutment, in the embayment facing the pavement, is a granitepanel inscribed: 'From Weymouth New England to Weymouth in OldEngland: 1930', and on the opposite side a bronze platerecords 'This bridge was opened by HRH the Duke of York on the4th July 1930.....', also gives Bolton and Larkin Ltd as thegeneral contractors, Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltdas steelwork contractors, and RW Vince as the BoroughSurveyor. At the S end, to the E the plaque records theCouncil members for 1929/30, and opposite the bronze plaquegives historical information about this and previous bridges.It also records that the bridge was built by the Corporation,the cost being shared between the Borough Council, DorsetCounty Council and the Ministry of Transport.Town Bridge inevitably holds an important position visually inthe town, and has been designed to give a dignified character.At the same time it is of considerable historical interest; abridge was built, to replace a rope ferry, in 1597, rebuilt 3times in the C18, the last in 1769, when it was moved from theformer alignment opposite Nicholas Street to the presentlocation. In 1821 a new 'permanent' bridge was sought, andbuilt in 1824. This is known to have had a toll gate at theMelcombe Regis end in 1857.The 1824 bridge was replaced by the present structure whichhas importance in the townscape. It is a fine example of itstype displaying both technological and architecturalvirtuosity.(Ricketts E: The Buildings of Old Weymouth: Melcombe Regis andWestham: Weymouth: 1975-: 111).Listing NGR: SY6786778716Sign - W.P.B.C - Weymouth Bridge Bylaws. |
| 撮影日 | 2012-05-01 12:41:06 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Chapelhay, England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.013 sec (1/75) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.0 |