Swing Bridge At East Side With Ashlar Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1991. Bridge.
Swing Bridge At East Side With Ashlar Walls
- WRENN ID
- sunken-oriel-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1991
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SUNDERLAND
NZ4157 HUDSON DOCK 920-1/13/119 (East side) 08/02/91 Swing-bridge at east side with ashlar walls
GV II
Swing-bridge and ashlar walls at east side of Hudson Dock, at entrance from former sea lock to former south outlet. Dated 1880 on plaque which also names Henry H Wake, C.E., engineer; River Wear Commission; and Andrew Handyside & Co. Ltd., Contractors, Derby and London. Riveted steel girder construction, Ashlar walls. Asymmetrical hog-back arch, pivoting on north lock wall, the shorter arm to the land and the longer swinging to bridge the lock. Central strut from arch to deck has riveted reinforcing plate at foot and diagonal braces from top to feet of adjacent struts; these struts and diagonal braces are repeated along the whole length. Originally operated by hydraulic machinery made by WL Armstrong & Co. of Newcastle upon Tyne. Founder's plate on inner face of west side lattice metal balustrades have elliptical-headed tubular handrails. Bridge pivots on one ashlar wall to close against the opposite wall.
Listing NGR: NZ4129157091
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