Canning Dock Swing Bridge
From Graces Guide
in Liverpool
Located between Canning Dock and Canning Half Tide Dock in Liverpool Docks.
Grade II listed. This is the last survivor of the lightweight swing footbridges in Liverpool Docks. It is a double-leaf bar-stayed design, built during the modernisation of Canning Half-tide Dock, possibly in 1845. Known as the "Rennie Bridge", but more likely to have benn designed by Jesse Hartley. After restoration in 1984 it was open for public use on a few special occasions, but its handrails cannot be made to meet current safety requirements, so it is now a static exhibit.[1]
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