Swing Bridge At Former Victoria Dock is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Bridge.
Swing Bridge At Former Victoria Dock
- WRENN ID
- lone-gutter-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1994
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
KINGSTON UPON HULL
TA12NW SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD 680-1/9/352 Swing bridge at former Victoria Dock
II
Road bridge, former railway swing bridge spanning the dock entrance. 1849. Made by Beecroft, Butler & Co., of Kirkstall Forge, Leeds, and the Haigh Foundry Co. of Wigan. Cast-iron with wrought-iron handrail and ashlar abutments. 2-leaf cantilever swing bridge with road and railway tracks. 2 strutted sections form a segmental arch when closed. Roller bearings at pivot ends. Cast-iron drums contain the gearing and hand cranks which operate the bridge by engaging with a toothed sector. Victoria Dock and the outer basin are now filled in. The half-tide basin allowed ships to enter and leave the dock at various states of the tide.
Listing NGR: TA1093328653
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