Keepers
keepers .... Located between houses number 27 and 30 along the embankment of the Griboedov Canal.
The axis of the bridge is oriented against the center of the gate of the State Assignation Bank - at the place where the channel, changing its direction, makes a turn. Near the bridge is located Kazan Cathedral.
Upstream is Kazansky Bridge, below - Flour Bridge.
The nearest metro station (410 m) is Nevsky Prospect-2, exit to the Griboedov Canal.
The bridge was named after the nearby Assignation Bank (now the building houses St. Petersburg State University of Economics)
The need to build a bridge was caused by the growth of population in the area adjacent to the Catherine Canal
The bridge project was developed by engineer Vasily Karlovich Tretter and Vasily Andreevich Khristianovich. Simultaneously with Bankovsky, a draft of a second chain footbridge across the canal, the Lion, was drafted. February 18, 1825, both projects were approved, in the summer of the same year, construction of the bridge began .It was supposed to complete the work by October of the same year, but because of the delay in the manufacture of the metal parts of the bridge, the assembly of the bridge began in the spring of 1826. For the construction of the pillars of the bridge, the embankment blocking was dismantled (without disassembling the granite facing) .The manufacture of cast iron and metal parts, as well as the assembly of elements at the construction site, was carried out by the Byrd plant .On July 24, 1826, the bridge was opened to traffic .
Angular sculptures of winged lions (often mistakenly called griffins) by sculptor Pavel Petrovich Sokolov brought particular fame to the bridge. The mythical winged lions, whose images were previously found only in the decoration of furniture and architectural details, were first cast in enormous sizes and decorated the street]. Work on the creation of models from May to September 1825, also a sculptor made alabaster forms.
The sculpture was supposed to be minted from copper sheets, but then the figures were cast from cast iron at the Aleksandrovsky Iron Foundry, the wings were chiseled from copper sheet and covered with gold leaf .
During the operation of the bridge, the cast-iron rails were replaced by iron forged, very primitive designs, lanterns over the heads of the lions were broken .
In 1949, on the initiative of Lenmostotrest and by the project of architect Alexander Lukich Rotach and technician G. F. Perlina, the Office for Architecture Affairs drew up an architectural planning task for the restoration of the bridge in order to return it to its original appearance .In the same year, the wooden canvas of the bridge was overhauled .
In 1951-1952, round lanterns on the heads of lions and a metal fence were restored. The gratings of the bridge were made by the workshops of the Higher School of Industrial Art named. V.I. Mukhina In 1967 and 1988, the gilding of lion wings was restored .In 1997, the sculptures were repaired and the rail grille was restored.
In 2009, gold was scraped off the wings of the newly restored lions [.In 2011, for the period of repairing the emergency section of the embankment of the canal, two sculptures of lions were in protective cases.
In September 2015, St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise Mostotrest began work on the replacement of wooden flooring of the bridge.
On January 19, 2017, the griffins from the Bank Bridge were taken away for restoration. The ferry itself was overhauled. June 19, 2019 the bridge was solemnly opened after restoration.
Single-span suspension bridge. The span structure consists of two chains, pendants, and wooden linen. The role of the pylons is performed by decorated with sculpture cast iron frames (frames) attached by anchor bolts through the masonry to a wooden grillage compressed above and below by massive cast iron plates to which the supporting chains are attached .Chains consist of metal links of circular cross section. The wooden canvas of the bridge consists of girders, crossbars, cross ties and flooring.
At the entrances to the bridge on the cast-iron pedestals installed sculptures of winged lions. The wings of griffins and some details of the bridge are covered with gilding. On the heads of the sculptures there are fixtures in the form of truncated balls of milky glass with an upper cast ornamental cover made of bronze alloy .
The art of casting railing is a semicircular section with radially spaced rods connected by curved inserts.The picture of the fence resembles the railing of the Demidov Bridge.
The width of the bridge between the railing is 1.85 m, the bridge length is 20.1 (25.2) m, the distance between the axes of the chains is 2.24 m
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Listenwave Photography
What does not matter ?π
1.What to photograph - Camera. π·π±
2.Where to photograph - Place. π
3.When to photograph -Time.π π
What is important ?π
1.Study and tune the camera. π¨π§
2.Learn where you are going.
3.Study the lighting at different times.ππ
What's the secret?βοΈ
1.Feel the instrument, hear what it says. π
2.Feel the atmosphere of the place, catch the wave. π
3.Switch on .Catch the moment!β‘οΈ
What to photograph?
β¨Finding the observer, comes awareness!β¨
Keepers
keepers .... Located between houses number 27 and 30 along the embankment of the Griboedov Canal.
The axis of the bridge is oriented against the center of the gate of the State Assignation Bank - at the place where the channel, changing its direction, makes a turn. Near the bridge is located Kazan Cathedral.
Upstream is Kazansky Bridge, below - Flour Bridge.
The nearest metro station (410 m) is Nevsky Prospect-2, exit to the Griboedov Canal.
The bridge was named after the nearby Assignation Bank (now the building houses St. Petersburg State University of Economics)
The need to build a bridge was caused by the growth of population in the area adjacent to the Catherine Canal
The bridge project was developed by engineer Vasily Karlovich Tretter and Vasily Andreevich Khristianovich. Simultaneously with Bankovsky, a draft of a second chain footbridge across the canal, the Lion, was drafted. February 18, 1825, both projects were approved, in the summer of the same year, construction of the bridge began .It was supposed to complete the work by October of the same year, but because of the delay in the manufacture of the metal parts of the bridge, the assembly of the bridge began in the spring of 1826. For the construction of the pillars of the bridge, the embankment blocking was dismantled (without disassembling the granite facing) .The manufacture of cast iron and metal parts, as well as the assembly of elements at the construction site, was carried out by the Byrd plant .On July 24, 1826, the bridge was opened to traffic .
Angular sculptures of winged lions (often mistakenly called griffins) by sculptor Pavel Petrovich Sokolov brought particular fame to the bridge. The mythical winged lions, whose images were previously found only in the decoration of furniture and architectural details, were first cast in enormous sizes and decorated the street]. Work on the creation of models from May to September 1825, also a sculptor made alabaster forms.
The sculpture was supposed to be minted from copper sheets, but then the figures were cast from cast iron at the Aleksandrovsky Iron Foundry, the wings were chiseled from copper sheet and covered with gold leaf .
During the operation of the bridge, the cast-iron rails were replaced by iron forged, very primitive designs, lanterns over the heads of the lions were broken .
In 1949, on the initiative of Lenmostotrest and by the project of architect Alexander Lukich Rotach and technician G. F. Perlina, the Office for Architecture Affairs drew up an architectural planning task for the restoration of the bridge in order to return it to its original appearance .In the same year, the wooden canvas of the bridge was overhauled .
In 1951-1952, round lanterns on the heads of lions and a metal fence were restored. The gratings of the bridge were made by the workshops of the Higher School of Industrial Art named. V.I. Mukhina In 1967 and 1988, the gilding of lion wings was restored .In 1997, the sculptures were repaired and the rail grille was restored.
In 2009, gold was scraped off the wings of the newly restored lions [.In 2011, for the period of repairing the emergency section of the embankment of the canal, two sculptures of lions were in protective cases.
In September 2015, St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise Mostotrest began work on the replacement of wooden flooring of the bridge.
On January 19, 2017, the griffins from the Bank Bridge were taken away for restoration. The ferry itself was overhauled. June 19, 2019 the bridge was solemnly opened after restoration.
Single-span suspension bridge. The span structure consists of two chains, pendants, and wooden linen. The role of the pylons is performed by decorated with sculpture cast iron frames (frames) attached by anchor bolts through the masonry to a wooden grillage compressed above and below by massive cast iron plates to which the supporting chains are attached .Chains consist of metal links of circular cross section. The wooden canvas of the bridge consists of girders, crossbars, cross ties and flooring.
At the entrances to the bridge on the cast-iron pedestals installed sculptures of winged lions. The wings of griffins and some details of the bridge are covered with gilding. On the heads of the sculptures there are fixtures in the form of truncated balls of milky glass with an upper cast ornamental cover made of bronze alloy .
The art of casting railing is a semicircular section with radially spaced rods connected by curved inserts.The picture of the fence resembles the railing of the Demidov Bridge.
The width of the bridge between the railing is 1.85 m, the bridge length is 20.1 (25.2) m, the distance between the axes of the chains is 2.24 m
NOW!
Listenwave Photography
What does not matter ?π
1.What to photograph - Camera. π·π±
2.Where to photograph - Place. π
3.When to photograph -Time.π π
What is important ?π
1.Study and tune the camera. π¨π§
2.Learn where you are going.
3.Study the lighting at different times.ππ
What's the secret?βοΈ
1.Feel the instrument, hear what it says. π
2.Feel the atmosphere of the place, catch the wave. π
3.Switch on .Catch the moment!β‘οΈ
What to photograph?
β¨Finding the observer, comes awareness!β¨