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Warrington Transporter Bridge

United Kingdom / England / Warrington /
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One of the few remaining transporter bridges in the world. A transporter bridge was a marvelous combination of a bridge, a trolley, and a cable-supported gondola. Can't quite picture it? Check out the pictures linked from the Wikipedia article, or better, those at: www.freewebs.com/wartran/index.htm (that's the same site linked as "Friends Group" in the article, but without having to go through a forwarder).
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Coordinates:   53°23'2"N   2°36'27"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago