[NSC] Victorian engineering.

[Leekbrookgull]

Thanks for modern medicine,and I/T but have been watching something like 'Britain's railway walks Rob Bell ? Huge human cost yet what a some truly amazing engineering feat. Clifton Suspension Bridge,Ribbleshead,Barmouth Bridge even Imberhorne Viaduct. Just sit easy on the eye.

 

[LVGull]

Thanks for modern medicine,and I/T but have been watching something like 'Britain's railway walks Rob Bell ? Huge human cost yet what a some truly amazing engineering feat. Clifton Suspension Bridge,Ribbleshead,Barmouth Bridge even Imberhorne Viaduct. Just sit easy on the eye.

I.K. Brunel = Genius

 

[zefarelly]

We have good engineers now, but back then they were invested in, to do good for common people and the country, as well as the rich guys who invested in it.

 

[Nottseagull]

even Imberhorne Viaduct

Had to look that one up! If we're talking of impressive lesser-known viaducts, then may I indulge myself with this one...



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[Sussexscots]

A personal favourite:



For me, the scale of the projects never fails to impress with great Victorian engineering.

 

[Norman Potting]

You can clearly see an example in the photo below

 

[Norman Potting]

A personal favourite:

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For me, the scale of the projects never fails to impress with great Victorian engineering.

Allegedly over - engineered but in the light of what happened a few years previously and not that far away, not surprising.

 

[Weststander]

The London underground railways were a marvel of their age, the first line opened in 1863 and carried 9.5 million passengers in its first year. Years before others such as Paris copied.

 

[Easy 10]

The London underground railways were a marvel of their age, the first line opened in 1863 and carried 9.5 million passengers in its first year. Years before others such as Paris copied.

I was about to post that. The engineering involved in building the London Underground is literally mindblowing.

 

[Eric Potts]

A personal favourite:

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For me, the scale of the projects never fails to impress with great Victorian engineering.

I’ve just started re-reading The Bridge , by Iain Banks . Very recommended.

 

[banjo]

Was in Bristol earlier this year.

 

[Weststander]

I was about to post that. The engineering involved in building the London Underground is literally mindblowing.

Photos of those brilliant, early Victorian engineers and bricklayers at work are incredible.

At a time where the rest of the world was embroiled in stuff such as a fight for and against slavery in the southern US states.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

All the way down from Plymouth to Penzance there are many beautiful viaducts, the one that goes over the river at St Germans is a thing of beauty.
I have great interest in Victorian engineering, St Pancras station is a truly amazing building.

 

[Eeyore]

I love the Ouse Valley Viaduct

I did a piece on it a while ago with a slightly different slant.

https://brightonlines.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/the-ouse-valley-viaduct-and-what-history-forgets/

Victorian architecture is majestic but I can't help think that history was written by the overlords.

 

[Weststander]

All the way down from Plymouth to Penzance there are many beautiful viaducts, the one that goes over the river at St Germans is a thing of beauty.
I have great interest in Victorian engineering, St Pancras station is a truly amazing building.

St Pancras the main building/hotel and the sweep of the train terminus are both stunning.

 

[Notters]

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Was down in Bristol earlier this year.

Bristol Queensland?

 

[GT49er]

Had to look that one up! If we're talking of impressive lesser-known viaducts, then may I indulge myself with this one...

Talking of lesser known marvels, anyone remember the bridge over Hartington Road? The brickwork was amazing - the bridge crossed the road at an angle, on a slope, and the bricks were laid at a 45 degrees to the vertical on one side, then up and over the top, to eventually come down to the other side again at 45 degrees to the vertical, the opposite way round!

It was the most fantastic bit of brickwork I've ever seen -really should have been preserved.

 

[GT49er]

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Was down in Bristol earlier this year.

How far down in Bristol? Has it moved to Australia?

 

[Driver 8]

Chirk

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Thanks for modern medicine,and I/T but have been watching something like 'Britain's railway walks Rob Bell ? Huge human cost yet what a some truly amazing engineering feat. Clifton Suspension Bridge,Ribbleshead,Barmouth Bridge even Imberhorne Viaduct. Just sit easy on the eye.

I love your threads.

Look up this great man:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bazalgette

One of his progeny, sady, invented the exploitation TV fanchise Big Brother....