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Newport Transporter Bridge, UK
Jun 2, 2014 06:39:25 #
Any critique, good or bad, welcomed as to composition and processing.
Jun 2, 2014 07:06:03 #
Jun 2, 2014 07:09:46 #
RJM wrote:
Any critique, good or bad, welcomed as to composition and processing.
Quite a bridge. Can you tell us something about it? I'd like to see the sky a bit darker.
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Jun 2, 2014 07:10:23 #
Jun 2, 2014 07:49:50 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Quite a bridge. Can you tell us something about it? I'd like to see the sky a bit darker.
f you are interested, here's the history.....
The bridge was designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin. It was built in 1906 and opened by Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar on 12 September 1906.
The design was chosen because the river banks are very low at the desired crossing point (a few miles south of the city centre) where an ordinary bridge would need a very long approach ramp to attain sufficient height to allow ships to pass under, and a ferry could not be used during low tide at the site.
The height of the towers is 242 feet and the height of the horizontal beam above the road is 177 feet The transporter platform or gondola travels the 645 feet (196.6 m) between the towers at ten feet per second, powered from the engine room. This Transporter Bridge is the largest of the eight which remain worldwide, and the oldest of its type in Britain.
It is considered the largest transporter bridge in limited terms only.When compared with Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge the Newport Transporter is: 16 feet taller; but 200 feet less in total deck span (discounting the anchor cables).
Today, the bridge is widely regarded as the most recognisable symbol of the city of Newport.
Travel across the bridge is 50p for cyclists and pedestrians, the fare for cars (as of March 2013) being £1. The walkway across the top of the bridge structure is open to the public on most operating days and bank holidays. A Day Visitor ticket giving access to high level walkway and motor house is £2.50 or £1.50 for concessions and children.
The bridge was shut down in 1985 because of wear and tear. Following a £3 million refurbishment, it reopened in 1995. Service was suspended again in December 2008 with the bridge facing a £2 million repair bill. £1.225 million was spent on refurbishment, financed by grants from the Welsh Assembly, Newport Council and Cadw. It re-opened on 30 July 2010.
I plan to walk across the top again later in the year when the weather is good as the views are phenomenal.
Jun 2, 2014 07:53:40 #
Well, you got close enough. If you were trying for a greater impact with this image, using the wide, dark frame on an unusual perspective, you achieved that objective very well. I'd be interested in a little history also. Good scene.
Jun 2, 2014 07:57:43 #
If you are interested, here's the history.....
The bridge was designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin. It was built in 1906 and opened by Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar on 12 September 1906.
The design was chosen because the river banks are very low at the desired crossing point (a few miles south of the city centre) where an ordinary bridge would need a very long approach ramp to attain sufficient height to allow ships to pass under, and a ferry could not be used during low tide at the site.
The height of the towers is 242 feet and the height of the horizontal beam above the road is 177 feet The transporter platform or gondola travels the 645 feet (196.6 m) between the towers at ten feet per second, powered from the engine room. This Transporter Bridge is the largest of the eight which remain worldwide, and the oldest of its type in Britain.
It is considered the largest transporter bridge in limited terms only.When compared with Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge the Newport Transporter is: 16 feet taller; but 200 feet less in total deck span (discounting the anchor cables).
Today, the bridge is widely regarded as the most recognisable symbol of the city of Newport.
Travel across the bridge is 50p for cyclists and pedestrians, the fare for cars (as of March 2013) being £1. The walkway across the top of the bridge structure is open to the public on most operating days and bank holidays. A Day Visitor ticket giving access to high level walkway and motor house is £2.50 or £1.50 for concessions and children.
The bridge was shut down in 1985 because of wear and tear. Following a £3 million refurbishment, it reopened in 1995. Service was suspended again in December 2008 with the bridge facing a £2 million repair bill. £1.225 million was spent on refurbishment, financed by grants from the Welsh Assembly, Newport Council and Cadw. It re-opened on 30 July 2010.
I plan to walk across the top again later in the year when the weather is good as the views are phenomenal.
The bridge was designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin. It was built in 1906 and opened by Godfrey Charles Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar on 12 September 1906.
The design was chosen because the river banks are very low at the desired crossing point (a few miles south of the city centre) where an ordinary bridge would need a very long approach ramp to attain sufficient height to allow ships to pass under, and a ferry could not be used during low tide at the site.
The height of the towers is 242 feet and the height of the horizontal beam above the road is 177 feet The transporter platform or gondola travels the 645 feet (196.6 m) between the towers at ten feet per second, powered from the engine room. This Transporter Bridge is the largest of the eight which remain worldwide, and the oldest of its type in Britain.
It is considered the largest transporter bridge in limited terms only.When compared with Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge the Newport Transporter is: 16 feet taller; but 200 feet less in total deck span (discounting the anchor cables).
Today, the bridge is widely regarded as the most recognisable symbol of the city of Newport.
Travel across the bridge is 50p for cyclists and pedestrians, the fare for cars (as of March 2013) being £1. The walkway across the top of the bridge structure is open to the public on most operating days and bank holidays. A Day Visitor ticket giving access to high level walkway and motor house is £2.50 or £1.50 for concessions and children.
The bridge was shut down in 1985 because of wear and tear. Following a £3 million refurbishment, it reopened in 1995. Service was suspended again in December 2008 with the bridge facing a £2 million repair bill. £1.225 million was spent on refurbishment, financed by grants from the Welsh Assembly, Newport Council and Cadw. It re-opened on 30 July 2010.
I plan to walk across the top again later in the year when the weather is good as the views are phenomenal.
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Jun 2, 2014 09:02:48 #
RJM wrote:
Travel across the bridge is 50p for cyclists and pedestrians, the fare for cars (as of March 2013) being £1. The walkway across the top of the bridge structure is open to the public on most operating days and bank holidays. A Day Visitor ticket giving access to high level walkway and motor house is £2.50 or £1.50 for concessions and children.
So it works like an aerial ferry? I never heard of anything like that.
In Germany, there is a bridge for ships. It's filled with water, and the ships just sail right through, over a river.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/29880-really-big-things-magdeburg-water-bridge-video.htm
Jun 2, 2014 09:12:28 #
Excellent shot love the angle. I wish I had a £1 for every time I used this Bridge to commute to work 40 years ago :lol: :-)
Jun 2, 2014 12:05:22 #
Sylvias wrote:
Excellent shot love the angle. I wish I had a £1 for every time I used this Bridge to commute to work 40 years ago :lol: :-)
Speaking of the £, did you hear about the thousands of £ coins produced by a counterfeiter? There is a new, shiny coin in the works.
Jun 2, 2014 13:48:57 #
Sylvias wrote:
Excellent shot love the angle. I wish I had a £1 for every time I used this Bridge to commute to work 40 years ago :lol: :-)
40 years ago? - you don't look old enough!
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Jun 2, 2014 13:50:25 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Speaking of the £, did you hear about the thousands of £ coins produced by a counterfeiter? There is a new, shiny coin in the works.
There's been many millions of £1 counterfeit coins produced.
The new coin with have a value of £2 and be bi-metal and hexagonal like out old brass threepenny bit last used in the 1960's.
Jun 2, 2014 14:20:15 #
RJM wrote:
There's been many millions of £1 counterfeit coins produced.
The new coin with have a value of £2 and be bi-metal and hexagonal like out old brass threepenny bit last used in the 1960's.
The new coin with have a value of £2 and be bi-metal and hexagonal like out old brass threepenny bit last used in the 1960's.
I used to go to London with high school kids, and I'd usually bring some money home. I'd bring it back with me on the next trip so I'd have money available when I arrived. On one trip, I took out a £1.00 note to pay for something, and the guide was surprised to see it. I didn't know about the switch to coins.
I have a lot of shillings and hex coins tucked away in a draw. I have some paper money, too.
Jun 2, 2014 14:25:27 #
RJM wrote:
Any critique, good or bad, welcomed as to composition and processing.
That is a unique looking bridge, is it the only one in U.K. or are there others? Well-photographed.
Jun 2, 2014 14:27:50 #
As in the write-up, there's just two in the UK now.
6 others worldwide I believe.
6 others worldwide I believe.
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