That is a fantastic structure, I had the pleasure of working on the bridge firework display for the Millenium. The blokes on the bridge were a great bunch, Spent a week with them loading a lots of explosives onto gantry sides and a lot on top of the Towers Was pretty wet most of the week and working on top of the Towers about 10.00 on new years Eve was a blast, the display went off fine. Because we were on the bridge when that night we could see all of the displays across a lot of South Wales, in the Stadium and across the channel. The Bridge cafe fry up was brilliant, had a few of those. New years eve they let me take the Gondola over to the Cafe side. the Machine has stood up to time. Good to see it being looked after. Thanks for the upload and reminding me about it.
Lived in Bristol for 40 years and never knew it existed as a transporter bridge. Have seen it from a distance a few times and wrongly assumed it was some form of coal mining equipment. What a scary contraption to ride on that must truly be!…the grey swirling murky water and muddy banks are scary enough!….quite remarkable thanks for the video Tony.
They're pretty rare. Unfortunately I was hoping to see it working, but unfortunately it was being refurbished, and is not going to be brought back into commission until later this year.
As a lad who grew up in Newport I am very familier with this amazing engineering structure. However the motors that wind the cables that move the carriage are pretty low power, in the 21st Century, isn't it time to run this using solar power (PV panels and a battery)? There are lots of places PV panels could be fitted and that would update it for the next 100 years (well 25 years on the current PV panels!).
That is a fantastic structure, I had the pleasure of working on the bridge firework display for the Millenium.
The blokes on the bridge were a great bunch, Spent a week with them loading a lots of explosives onto gantry sides and a lot on top of the Towers Was pretty wet most of the week and working on top of the Towers about 10.00 on new years Eve was a blast, the display went off fine.
Because we were on the bridge when that night we could see all of the displays across a lot of South Wales, in the Stadium and across the channel.
The Bridge cafe fry up was brilliant, had a few of those. New years eve they let me take the Gondola over to the Cafe side. the Machine has stood up to time. Good to see it being looked after. Thanks for the upload and reminding me about it.
Thanks for your interesting comments, and relating your experiences of this iconic and unique bridge. Cheers, Tony
Lived in Bristol for 40 years and never knew it existed as a transporter bridge. Have seen it from a distance a few times and wrongly assumed it was some form of coal mining equipment. What a scary contraption to ride on that must truly be!…the grey swirling murky water and muddy banks are scary enough!….quite remarkable thanks for the video Tony.
They're pretty rare. Unfortunately I was hoping to see it working, but unfortunately it was being refurbished, and is not going to be brought back into commission until later this year.
That is an amazing structure. I never knew such a thing existed. Brave tourists 😊
Thanks Suzanne. I've never been aboard a Transporter Bridge, but will try sometime in the future. Tony
As a lad who grew up in Newport I am very familier with this amazing engineering structure. However the motors that wind the cables that move the carriage are pretty low power, in the 21st Century, isn't it time to run this using solar power (PV panels and a battery)? There are lots of places PV panels could be fitted and that would update it for the next 100 years (well 25 years on the current PV panels!).
I agree. The motors are only 35hp, so I assume could be powered by suitably large solar panels. Good idea.