Transporter Bridge to part of Joseph Crosfield and Sons Ltd's Works is a Grade II* listed building in the local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. Transport bridge.
Transporter Bridge to part of Joseph Crosfield and Sons Ltd's Works
- WRENN ID
- hidden-stair-starling
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1975
- Type
- Transport bridge
- Address
- Transporter Bridge to part of Joseph Crosfield and Sons Ltd's Works, Bank Quay, Warrington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 596 876
- Coordinates
- 53.38388, -2.60763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Transporter Bridge, part of Joseph Crosfield and Sons Ltd's Works, was built between 1913 and 1914 and designed by Sir William Arrol and Company. This steel structure features four brick plinths and two pairs of latticed piers that rise 70 feet high, supporting a clear span of 200 feet from which the transporter deck is suspended. The bridge was originally used to transport motor vehicles and railway wagons from a private branch off the former London and North Western Railway main line to the section of Crosfield's works located in a loop of the River Mersey. It is believed that there are only two other major transporter bridges in Britain.
Local climate
Transporter Bridge to part of Joseph Crosfield and Sons Ltd's Works sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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