Transporter Bridges : An Illustrated History Hardback
by John Hannavy
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:264 pages, 366 colour & black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Publication Date:03/02/2020
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- ISBN:9781526760388
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:264 pages, 366 colour & black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Publication Date:03/02/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526760388