Listed Building: TRANPORTER BRIDGE TO PART OF JOSEPH CROSFIELD AND SONS LTD'S WORKS (1139433)

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Grade II*
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 704, 5, 160
Date assigned 04 April 1975
Date last amended

Description

BANK QUAY 1. 5150 Transporter Bridge to part of Joseph Crosfield and Sons Ltd's Works SJ 58 NE 5/160 II 2. 1913/4. Engineers: Sir William Arrol and Coy. Steel. 4 brick plinths. 2 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 2 other major transporter bridges in Britain. Listing NGR: SJ5968187619

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  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #306 ]

Map

Location

Grid reference SJ 5968 8761 (point)
Map sheet SJ58NE
Civil Parish WARRINGTON, WARRINGTON

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Record last edited

Oct 1 2006 4:12PM