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Latitude: 53.3839 / 53°23'1"N
Longitude: -2.6076 / 2°36'27"W
OS Eastings: 359681
OS Northings: 387619
OS Grid: SJ596876
Mapcode National: GBR BY79.8P
Mapcode Global: WH98Q.X6GP
Plus Code: 9C5V99MR+GX
Entry Name: Transporter Bridge to part of Joseph Crosfield and Sons Ltd's Works
Listing Date: 4 April 1975
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1139433
English Heritage Legacy ID: 58733
Also known as: Bank Quay Transporter Bridge
ID on this website: 101139433
Location: Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1
County: Warrington
Electoral Ward/Division: Bewsey and Whitecross
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Warrington
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Walton St John the Evangelist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Steel bridge Transporter bridge
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BANK QUAY
Transporter Bridge to part of Joseph Crosfield and Sons Ltd's Works
II
1913-14. Engineers: Sir William Arrol and Coy. Steel. Four brick plinths. Two pairs of latticed piers 70 ft high supporting a clear span of 200 ft, from which the transporter deck is suspended. Formerly conveyed motor vehicles and railway waggons (from a private branch leading off the former LNWR main line) to the part of Crosfield's works which is situated in a loop in the river Mersey. There are supposed to be only two other major transporter bridges in Britain.
Listing NGR: SJ5968187619
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