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Clontarf Bridge

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Clontarf Bridge
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Clontarf Bridge - 1989 With its wooden winch housing removed and all rails lifted, every trace of the Cork City railway has vanished from Clontarf Bridge - see W6871 : Cork City railway 1975 - 6 & W6871 : Cork City railway 1975 - 11 .
Clontarf Bridge - 1989 With its wooden winch housing removed and all rails lifted, every trace of the Cork City railway has vanished from Clontarf Bridge - see W6871 : Cork City railway 1975 - 6 & W6871 : Cork City railway 1975 - 11 . · Photo: The Carlisle Kid · CC BY-SA 2.0
Taken the 30th of September during a beautiful day of sun.
Taken the 30th of September during a beautiful day of sun. · Photo: Oncewerecolours · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge, erected 1911. 197 feet long, four span (opening span of 62 feet) bridge resting on six concrete filled steel caissons having cast iron parapets. Bridge reconstructed in 1981, and no longer opening.
This bridge, although reconstructed, remains a very significant part of the city's industrial heritage. Its mechanism is the same as that of the Chicago River Bridge, and the steel spans were supplied by the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company. The bridge has important links to this part of the city, having been driven in the past by current received from the former Albert Road power station.

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The bridge has important links to this part of the city, having been driven in the past by current received from the former Albert Road power station.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20508001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Nigel Thompson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Michael O'Sheil, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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