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The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge (or simply Transporter Bridge) is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees, England. It connects Middlesbrough on the south bank to Port Clarence on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a travelling 'car' or 'gondola' suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The cart can carry 200 people, 9 cars or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 road from Middlesbrough to Hartlepool.
The bridge was built by Sir William Arrol & Co. in 1911 under a 1907 Act of Parliament. The opening ceremony on the 17 October 1911 was performed by Prince Arthur of Connaught. The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge reflects the dynamic industrial heritage of the area.
Teesside has a long tradition of bridge building. Many of the world's greatest bridges including the nearby Tees Newport Bridge, the Tyne Bridge and the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia were designed and constructed from Dorman Long steel.
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge has an overall length of 850 feet (260 m) (including cantilevers), leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 580 feet (180 m), the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet (49 m) above the road. This combined with an overall height of 225 feet (69 m), makes this bridge the second largest example remaining in the world; the largest being the bridge across the River Usk, at Newport in South Wales.
37.002 beside Middlesbrough station. March 26 1978.
Middlesbrough Dock Goods is in the background.
37.002 was re-numbered as 37.351 in 1989, and scrapped in 2007. Rail traffic to Middlesbrough Dock Goods ceased in 1980.
This is the view looking south along Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough on the morning of Sunday 9th February 2020. The structure in the foreground, sheltering the photographer from the damp conditions, carries the A66 trunk road. It's a prospect that might greet a traveller who has just arrived at nearby Middlesbrough station and is looking to find the town centre.
By the way, the title is not intended to be ironic. On this - my first proper visit to Middlesbrough - I found the town to be vibrant and full of character. When I was last here, in the nineteen-seventies, I think I merely passed through the station by train.
Kodak Tri-X 400
Nikon FM2
Nikkor 24mm lens
Epson V600 scanner
Ilfosol 3, 1+9, 7 minutes 30 seconds, 20º C.
Surrounding mima, at 19000 square metres, is Middlesbrough Centre Square, the largest civic space in Europe. Also designed by Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects, along with landscape architects West 8, it includes a 120-jet water feature, innovative corten steel walkways and large areas of lawn. Building and square are situated on a formerly abandoned territory on the brink of the city centre. Together they form the key element in Middlesborough's revitalisation programme. Whilst mima will host an internationally important programme of exhibitions, presenting the best of art and craft from 1900 to the present day, the new square will become a unique outdoor auditorium for Middlesbrough and the Tees Valley. The innovative design of the square and areas around the library and mima will offer a remarkable platform for diverse cultural programming.
Temenos, an art installation by Anish Kapoor, in Middlesbrough. I think this is the most interesting angle to view it from. To me, it looks like a vortex drawing you in towards the clouds.
From lovemiddlesbrough.com: Sited at Middlehaven Dock, Middlesbrough, Temenos is a striking contemporary artwork that brings together art and the engineering and the industrial heritage of the area.
The sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor and leading structural designer Cecil Balmond, stands almost 50 metres high and is 110 metres long.
It stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the Transporter Bridge - which it now rivals for the starring role of iconic image of the town.
The new UK passport, launched in 2015, celebrates “Creative United Kingdom” and places Middlesbrough firmly on the map as internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor’s Temenos is featured prominently in this representation of the greatest achievements of the last 500 years.
Temenos was unveiled in 2010.
This ship was docked on the River Tees in Middlesbrough. It is a turbine installation vessel apparently, used for installing large offshore wind turbines. It was pretty big.
From Wikipedia: MPI Adventure is 138.55 metres (454 ft 7 in) long, with a beam of 40.80 metres (133 ft 10 in). She has a draught of between 3.5 metres (11 ft 6 in) and 5.5 metres (18 ft 1 in), with a depth of 10.00 metres (32 ft 10 in). She has an air draught of 67.00 metres (219 ft 10 in) when operating at a 5 metres (16 ft 5 in) draught.[1] The ship is propelled by three Rolls Royce US 355 FP azimuth thrusters. She has three bow thrusters. These are powered by six Rolls Royce C25:33L-8 diesel engines.
MPI Adventure has accommodation for 112 crew, with a maximum of 200 people able to be accommodated on board. Equipment installed includes a crane which has a capacity of 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons) at 25 metres (82 ft) radius. An auxiliary crane has a capacity of 160 tonnes (160 long tons) at 70 metres (230 ft) radius and a third crane has a capacity of 50 tonnes (49 long tons) at 25 metres (82 ft) radius. The ship is fitted with six 73.00 metres (239 ft 6 in) jacking legs. She can jack up in waves 3.5 metres (11 ft) high and at windspeeds of up to 14 metres per second (27 kn) with a maximum current of 1.86 metres per second (3.62 kn). Once jacked up, the ship can operate in waves of 10.00 metres (32 ft 10 in) high, windspeeds up to 36 metres per second (70 kn) and currents of 2.21 metres per second (4.30 kn). She can operate in water up to 40 metres (130 ft) deep, with the legs sinking into the seabed by 5 metres (16 ft) and the ship raised 7.80 metres (25 ft 7 in) above the surface of the sea.
This is the transporter bridge in middlesbrough i am new to this if you have any feed back why not let me no ;
IT IS ON THE RIVER TEES IN ENGLAND
The oldest operational fire engine in the UK is this 1987 Scania HP still in service with Cleveland Fire Brigade at Middlesbrough.
From what I can remember about this picture, 37030 was propelling these open container wagons away from Middlesbrough goods yard, possibly for Cobra, who had sidings here. Any other information welcome! Taken in April 1983.
Pentax SP1000/55mm
Ilford FP4
Panorama of Middlesbrough skyline from Middlehaven Dock stitched together in Adobe Creative Cloud. From left to right: CIAC - Community in a Cube housing development, Middlesbrough College, the Tees Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough Dock Clock Tower and the Temenos art installation.
The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a moving 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road.
Following a 1907 Act of Parliament the Bridge was built at a cost of £68,026 6s 8d (equivalent to £6,490,000 in 2015 values), by Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow & Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington between 1910 and 1911. A transporter bridge was chosen because Parliament ruled that the new scheme of crossing the river had to avoid affecting the river navigation. The opening ceremony was performed by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 17 October 1911 and was Grade II listed in 1985
The Bridge has an overall length (including cantilevers) of 851 feet leaving a span between the centres of the towers of 590 feet the beam of the bridge being carried at a height of 160 feet above the road. The bridge is the longest remaining transporter bridge in the world. The bridge is currently owned by Middlesbrough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Middlesbrough Council has control of the day-to-day operations and maintenance. In 2011 the Tees Transporter Bridge received a £2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund award for improvement and renovation work to mark the Bridge's centenary.
c1976. Central Middlesbrough, showing Cleveland Centre and Town Hall; Cleveland Transit Leyland Fleetline and United Automobile Services Bristol FLF visible.
The Temsa Avenue never really took off in the UK, with most (if not all) of the 27 (I think) units built for the UK eventually finding their way to Arriva Tees. YJ11GHG was new to Arriva Bus & Coach in Gomersal (Temsa's UK dealership), and spent time with Richards Bros in Wales, and in Malta, during Arriva's short lived and spectacularly unsuccessful tenure there. Here it is, eking out its career passing Broadcasting House on departure from Middlesbrough Bus Station. Some of these vehicles have caught fire in dramatic fashion.
Stagecoach North East Alexander Denis Enviro 300 27163.SN64OJM at Middlesbrough Bus Station on the 10th June 2021
The new Pacer trains were very troublesome in their early years , and services were often replaced by a Class 47 hauling three mk1 coaches. Luckily run round facilities were still available at Middlesbrough at this time. 47569 looks ready to take its train along the Durham Coast Line to Newcastle
One of my first visits to Teesside and not knowing any of the decent photographic locations, we plumped for a session on Middlesbrough station which, in hindsight, was not the best idea. Anyway, there were plenty of Freights passing, a stark contrast to todays scene. Here, 56100 wheels a long string of 'White ladies' through to Tees Yard forming the 6M46 Redcar to Hardendale
Other freights seen were
66243 Redcar to Ketton MEAs
60091 Tees Yd-Tees Dk trip steel working
56090 Tees Yd- Skinningrove steel
66248 loaded HAAs towards Tees
60066 steel trip towards Tees
56099 Llanwern to Lackenby steel
56117 Coke to Scunny in HEAs
56100 as above
60066 again 6N32 Lackenby to Tees empty Lime hoppers
56110 Boulby to Middlesbro Goods Rock salt
66525 Redcar to Eggborough coal
37055/503 Healey Mills to Nunthorpe Sandite
66205 Lackenby to Llanwern steel
22/11/2001
The Tees Transporter Bridge, also referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, is a bridge in northern England, a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. Opened 17 October 1911.
Middlesbrough station is an absolute treasure sympathetically restored with its period features, but providing facilities in keeping with 21st century travel. Trans Pennine unit 185 116, forming a First Trans-Pennine service to Manchester Airport via York and Leeds, is framed in the splendid Victorian ironwork. The station dates from 1877 and was designed by the North Eastern Railway's chief architect, William Peachey, with an ornate Gothic style frontage.
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Northern Rail class 156 unit No.156464 approaches Middlesbrough station with the first service of the day from Whitby on 20th October 2012. Although the first railway was built in the area as long ago as 1830 as an extension of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and extended eastwards to Redcar in 1846, the current station dates from 1877 and was designed by the North Eastern Railway's chief architect, William Peachey, with an ornate Gothic style frontage. Behind this an overall roof of elliptical design once existed. Constructed out of wrought iron of lattice design, with glass covering the middle half and timber inside and slate outside covering the outer quarters. The two end screens were glazed with timber cladding around the outer edges. The roof was high in relation to its width, but this was destroyed by German bombs on 3 August 1942. The station building has been painstakingly restored and the remaining cast iron work , designed by Andrew Handyside, and canopies have also received sympathetic treatment.
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