West Float Bascule Bridge - July 2010
 

Was in the area on Sunday when a ship approached. Apparently it doesn't happen to often so I jumped out and got a few snaps.


History on The Great Float docks

I knew the ones over the water had been restored years ago, its really nice to see them working, hopefully we will see stanley dock one moving at some point :popcorn

It's interesting to know that they're all unmanned. There is just one team of guys who operate every bridge and lock on here and the ship canal and go around in a little van, operate one lock and then zoom ahead in the van to the next!

Plus Peel put in a planning app in the paper last week to develop this whole area with apartments, offices and hotels - plus develop the Hydraulic Tower.

Good pics,should have tryed your luck and asked for a look inside the control room.

What a delightful phallic symbol.

Oddly enough he never actually went in the control room. When I did the MSC tour the guide said that all bridges were now remote controlled and the guy just used a radio.

tidy! ive only ever seen it go up once myself on a seperate not while were in the area has the uboat gone now? I had thought it was broken up and moved somewhere else and saw a great report of an explore on it (on another popular website) some time ago.

Cheers M

Imagine sitting on that when it goes up.

good stuff m8 all the times ive been over there and never seen it move

would be ace i was thinking the same:p