EAW005676 ENGLAND (1947). Runcorn Bridge and the Widnes Transporter Bridge, Runcorn Gap, 1947

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Details

Title [EAW005676] Runcorn Bridge and the Widnes Transporter Bridge, Runcorn Gap, 1947
Reference EAW005676
Date 15-May-1947
Link
Place name RUNCORN GAP
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 351010, 383469
Longitude / Latitude -2.7359573314438, 53.345576042304
National Grid Reference SJ510835

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User Comment Contributions

Details of the Runcorn-Widnes Transporter Bridge are on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widnes-Runcorn_Transporter_Bridge.

It was operational from 1905 to 1961, when it was replaced by the Silver Jubilee Bridge - a through-arch design by Mott Hay & Anderson

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