Date/Time
Date(s) - 13th May 2024
7:30 pm

Location
Hazelmere

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Title of Talk: Warrington’s Hidden Transporter Bridge

By Margaret Ingham

Margaret tells the amazing story of  a historical gem in Warrington, the Warrington Transporter Bridge! We are all aware of the Runcorn Transporter Bridge but there is another spanning across the River Mersey which has been forgotten in the mists of time. It is a structural steel transporter bridge with a span of 200 feet (61 metres), is 30 feet wide (9 metres), and 76 feet (23metres) above high water level, with an overall length of 339 feet (103 metres). It was commissioned in 1916 and, although it has been out of use since about 1964, it is still standing. It was designed by William Henry Hunter and built by William Arrol and Co. We will hear how it was used and why it fell into disrepair.

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