Beccles Swing Bridge
From Graces Guide
1927 Designed by John Miller and C. J. Brown
This bridge, and the nearby St. Olave's Swing Bridge, were constructed to replace two older railway swing bridges.
Contracts for both bridges were let to the Horseley Bridge and Engineering Co [1]
The bridges were turned electrically. They were designed to be turnable through 360 degrees, for even wear, but alignment problems prevented this, so they were restricted to 90 degrees. 29 cast steel conical rollers. 28ft. 6in. diameter cast iron rack. Power supplied by a two-cylinder two-stroke vertical oil engine driving a generator to charge batteries.
See here for an I.C.E. Discussion Paper on the reconstruction of the bridges.[2]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1927/02/18
- ↑ [1] Discussion of the Reconstruction of two Railway Swing Bridge: Minutes of Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. 225. Session 1927-28, Part I