Olho de Boi / Ponte 25 de Abril
Europe, Portugal, Tejo, Setubal, Barreiro, Almada, Cacilhas, Tejo, Cais do Ginjal, Olho de Boi, Ponte 25 de Abril (slightly cut from B)
The final part of the Cais do Ginhal (the post-industrial northern edge of Lisbon’s ‘outra banda’) ends in the Olho de Boi - ‘The Oxe's eye’. It was once was the HQ of the Companhia Portugesa de Pesca (CPP) here. In its days the company was one of the major fishing companies of Portugal. At its peak it owned 25 ships, employed 700 workers and had extensive cold storage and technical facilities. It even had on site housing (a 'barrio social') for its workers. The companhia was nationalized in 1976 and dissolved in 1984.
In the BG is the Ponte 25 de Abril (1966). It took the New Yorker Steel International Inc and its co-contractors 4 years to build this suspension bridge at a cost of 32 million US dollars. It shares quite a lot of design characteristics with the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This bridge was, by the way, designed as a two-deck bridge, too, but due to cost and engineering considerations, it was changed to a single-deck design.
It was inaugurated in 1966 as the 'Salazar Bridge', named after the dictator who had it built. It was later renamed to commemorate the bloodless 'Carnation Revolution' that happened on the 25th of April 1974.
It has two decks now. On the top 5 lane deck the car, busses and lorries pass and on the lower deck, the trains do. From the outset, the bridge was designed to carry a railway on the lower deck. In summer 1999 the lower railway deck was ready for use after major preparatory works which included the fitting of additional cables and the widening of the roadway to six lanes, as well as repainting of the bridge. Due to the extra weight, the bridge sank some centimetres. The "retro-fit" of the railway track was the largest such project undertaken on a bridge in the world. A Fertagus shuttle train is to be discerned on it.
The whole stretch of the quay (including Olho de Boi) will be redeveloped/transformed. The planning process took 10 years. And some months ago a final decision was made to start with the actual works. All the old industrial facilities will be affected. Like the Hugo Parry & Sons shipbuilding- and repair workshops: here and here.
The functions to be realized in the revitalization plan are, not surprisingly: creative industry, recreational facilities and accommodations for the performing arts. Check out: Novo Cais do Ginjal.
This is number 185 of the Lisboa & Outra banda album and 5 of Fish factory (Olho de Boi).
Olho de Boi / Ponte 25 de Abril
Europe, Portugal, Tejo, Setubal, Barreiro, Almada, Cacilhas, Tejo, Cais do Ginjal, Olho de Boi, Ponte 25 de Abril (slightly cut from B)
The final part of the Cais do Ginhal (the post-industrial northern edge of Lisbon’s ‘outra banda’) ends in the Olho de Boi - ‘The Oxe's eye’. It was once was the HQ of the Companhia Portugesa de Pesca (CPP) here. In its days the company was one of the major fishing companies of Portugal. At its peak it owned 25 ships, employed 700 workers and had extensive cold storage and technical facilities. It even had on site housing (a 'barrio social') for its workers. The companhia was nationalized in 1976 and dissolved in 1984.
In the BG is the Ponte 25 de Abril (1966). It took the New Yorker Steel International Inc and its co-contractors 4 years to build this suspension bridge at a cost of 32 million US dollars. It shares quite a lot of design characteristics with the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This bridge was, by the way, designed as a two-deck bridge, too, but due to cost and engineering considerations, it was changed to a single-deck design.
It was inaugurated in 1966 as the 'Salazar Bridge', named after the dictator who had it built. It was later renamed to commemorate the bloodless 'Carnation Revolution' that happened on the 25th of April 1974.
It has two decks now. On the top 5 lane deck the car, busses and lorries pass and on the lower deck, the trains do. From the outset, the bridge was designed to carry a railway on the lower deck. In summer 1999 the lower railway deck was ready for use after major preparatory works which included the fitting of additional cables and the widening of the roadway to six lanes, as well as repainting of the bridge. Due to the extra weight, the bridge sank some centimetres. The "retro-fit" of the railway track was the largest such project undertaken on a bridge in the world. A Fertagus shuttle train is to be discerned on it.
The whole stretch of the quay (including Olho de Boi) will be redeveloped/transformed. The planning process took 10 years. And some months ago a final decision was made to start with the actual works. All the old industrial facilities will be affected. Like the Hugo Parry & Sons shipbuilding- and repair workshops: here and here.
The functions to be realized in the revitalization plan are, not surprisingly: creative industry, recreational facilities and accommodations for the performing arts. Check out: Novo Cais do Ginjal.
This is number 185 of the Lisboa & Outra banda album and 5 of Fish factory (Olho de Boi).