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posted: 6 Mar 2012 22:09 from: Martin Wynne
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Click and drag to look around. Roll the mouse wheel to zoom: http://www.gentles.ltd.uk/gallery/ground/tower.html |
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posted: 7 Mar 2012 11:13 from: Paul Boyd
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Impressive! About 24/25 years ago I worked on the Aust tower of the old Severn Bridge and had a similar view from the top of that. That was 445ft - the Forth road bridge is about 500ft, but once it gets that high, the odd 50ft doesn't make much difference! I'd love to know if I could still climb the ladders inside and come out at the top without a change of underwear  |
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posted: 7 Mar 2012 15:52 from: Nigel Brown click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Very good! I too remember the view from the top of the old Severn Bridge, just after it was built. My father was bridge engineer for Gloucestershire at the time, and the bridge was on his patch maintenance-wise, hence my unofficial visit. Seem to remember a lift took you most of the way but the final bit was ladder. | ||
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posted: 7 Mar 2012 18:09 from: Paul Boyd
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Hi Nigel Small world! I too remember the view from the top of the old Severn Bridge, just after it was built. My father was bridge engineer for Gloucestershire at the time, and the bridge was on his patch maintenance-wise, hence my unofficial visit. Seem to remember a lift took you most of the way but the final bit was ladder.My visit to the top was technically unofficial - I was supposed to be working inside the tower scraping and blasting paint off so it could be welded (the rivet holes were stretching...) but myself and a mate took some time out  The works access for us was in the North side, whilst the lift was in the South side. We usually climbed up to the halfway cross beam, walked across then up in the lift if it was available. If we knew we would be working past the halfway mark, the driver usually dropped us off on the lift side so we could get the lift to the halfway point to cut down on ladderwork! I definitely remember lumps of missing safety cage on the ladders, and at least one section of ladder that wasn't bolted to the landing at the top because the holes didn't line up. Elfin Safety didn't exist then (late '80s) - no harnesses and working well up inside a 400ft+ hollow tube! Actually, the worst bit was the previous contract working in and under the deck - those gantries felt really unsafe and one fell off not too long after I finished, killing two men - see http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/deathfall-rig-lacked-safety-pin-1557074.html |
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