Geograph Britain and IrelandLatest Images by Sue Freeman
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2024-03-19T06:29:08+00:00text/html2017-06-01T09:57:23+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/125087Sue Freeman53.403520 -3.022012SJ3290 : Birkenhead Docks the A Bridge Bascule Bridge raised
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Birkenhead docks: Tower Road bascule bridge
This rolling bascule bridge carries the A554 Tower Road over the channel joining Alfred Dock and East Float. It has been fully functioning since 1932, but in mid 2017 will be replaced with a modern fully automated rolling bascule bridge.text/html2017-06-01T09:45:16+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/125087Sue Freeman53.404968 -3.031373SJ3190 : Raising of LT Landfall 2014
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The picture shows the LCT Landfall being raised by Mersey Mammoth Crane in East Float Dock, Wirral on 18 Oct 2014. The Landfall, which is the only surviving LCT which participated in Operation Neptune, had been submerged for several years. She was first brought to the surface using orange buoyancy aids - shown in picture - then lifted to float unaided by the crane. She was then taken by barge down to Portsmouth where she awaits restoration.
http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/713/landfall
See also, the Duke Street rolling bascule bridge, which is still fully functioning, in the background of the picture.