Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA12NW SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD
680-1/9/352 Swing bridge at former Victoria Dock

II

Road bridge, former railway swing bridge spanning the dock
entrance. 1849. Made by Beecroft, Butler & Co., of Kirkstall
Forge, Leeds, and the Haigh Foundry Co. of Wigan. Cast-iron
with wrought-iron handrail and ashlar abutments. 2-leaf
cantilever swing bridge with road and railway tracks. 2
strutted sections form a segmental arch when closed. Roller
bearings at pivot ends. Cast-iron drums contain the gearing
and hand cranks which operate the bridge by engaging with a
toothed sector. Victoria Dock and the outer basin are now
filled in. The half-tide basin allowed ships to enter and
leave the dock at various states of the tide.

Listing NGR: TA1093328653

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492109

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]