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John Hannavy

Transporter Bridges

Transporter Bridges are a legacy of the closing years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th, and served a brief but important need. The huge increase in road transport, however, quickly rendered them obsolete, and although many were planned, little more than twenty-one were ever completed across the world — five of which were in Britain. Just nine still stand in their original form and currently only five are currently still in use — one each in Spain and Germany, two in the UK, one in Argentina — unused since the 1960s, and only recently returned to service in 2018 after restoration — and the last surviving 'pont transbordeur' in France returned to service in 2019 after major works. The second of Germany's surviving transporters is currently awaiting repair after a ship collided with it.
But is the transporter bridge about to undergo a surprising renaissance? Proposals exist for three new bridges, all in France — at Nantes, Marseille and Brest — to replace some of those lost during and after the Second World War.
The book is illustrated in colour throughout, using hundreds of photographs — the author’s own modern images and many historic photographs and postcards chronicling the construction and operation of these unusual structures.
617 бумажных страниц
Дата публикации оригинала
2020
Год выхода издания
2020
Издательства
Pen & Sword Books, Pen & Sword Transport
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