Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,256 pages of information and 244,497 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Egerton Bridge

From Graces Guide
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Showing one of the two racks and pinions used to roll the bridge
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at Woodside, Birkenhead (in Birkenhead Docks)

Egerton Bridge is situated between Egerton Dock and Morpeth Dock and is a working example of a Scherzer rolling lift bridge. It was built between 1928 and 1931, replacing an earlier swing bridge. The bridge and the machine house were completely restored in 1993 and opened to the public in 1995

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