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General Information

Other name(s): Locomotive lift bridge
Completion: 1865
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Vertical lift bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge

Location

Location: , , , , ,
Location description:

Across Huddersfield Broad Canal

Coordinates: 53° 38' 51.94" N    1° 46' 30.99" W
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Technical Information

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Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Turnbridge Lift Bridge (also colloquially known as a Locomotive lift bridge) is a lift bridge which spans the Huddersfield Broad Canal at Turnbridge, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Officially known as Turnbridge, it is bridge number 17 on the Huddersfield Broad Canal.

Located at Quay Street, off St Andrews road (approx 300 Yards from the town centre), it opened in 1865 and replaced an earlier swing bridge. A combination of wheels, chains and counter-weights were used to lift the deck of the bridge out of the way of passing canal barges.

Previously windlass operated, it was refurbished in 2002 and is now electrically powered.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Turnbridge Lift Bridge" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20050443
  • Published on:
    14/12/2009
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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