July 09. Pictures of a trip down the “new Cut” as part of Harbour 200 celebrations, by Maggie Shapland.
Andy King came on the trip too. John Penny provided a brilliant commentary full of dates and manufacturers of bridges Richard Clutterbuck came along with his camera Different view of the 1849 Brunel swivel bridge under the 1965 Cumberland Basin In the lock with lovely view of Clifton and Hotwells Cumberland Entrance Lock gates opening View of Suspension Bridge from the water Sweeping round into the Cut. Wills Tobacco warehouses to the right, built between 1905 and 1919 Swing railway bridge by B Bond warehouse. Buit by Lysaght 1906. This was a double decker bridge. Harbour Office Vauxhall pedestrian Bridge was built by Lysaught 1900 Eroded rocks on bank Gaol Ferry pedestrian Suspension Bridge built by David Rowell of Westminster 1939 Bedminster road bridge 1882 by the General Hospital. The modern bridge was built 1963 Banana footbridge built 1883 by Finch and co, Chepstow Bath Road bridge 1885 and Temple Meads railway bridge Lysaghts old works Remains of Exeter Railway engine sheds Totterdown Rd railway and passenger bridge 1888 built by Lysaght St Philips Causeway bridge Built barges here til after the War Paintworks recently refurbished by George Ferguson Lysaghts passenger suspension bridge 1902 ysaghts bridge detail cormorants Brunels grade 1 listed gothic style Avon Bridge, Brislington built 1839 hidden between a pair of girder bridges. The bridge carries the Great Western Main Line into Bristol Temple Meads railway station over the Avon. It is approximately 100 metres west (downstream) of Netham Lock. Avon Bridge detail View of Suspension Bridge and Hotwells from the water iew of Suspension Bridge and Clifton from the water Windsor Terrace Entrance lock water level indicator, going upto 33 feet- showing huge tidal range of the Avon Lock ring to secure boats showing shininess of years of use Thomas Howard’s Italianate Hydraulic Engine House built 1871 Underfall Yard housing harbour outlet sluices, converted 1834 by introduction of culverts. Workshops and blacksmiths shops with 1880s equipment still in situ Cattybrook brick Hydraulic Engine House built 1888. Electric engines 1907 still in use. Just after the 1925 John Lysaght (structural steelwork company) swing bridge (replaced earlier bridge). It bridges the Junction Lock linking the Basin to the Harbour. Houses the stop gates, which are closed when the tide in the river is expected to rise higher than the Harbour level. An essential part of Bristol’s flood defence system. Tug