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2007-09-04 Removal of "fill"A much less glamourous job than lifting off the Bailey bridge is removing the fill by hand.
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2007-09-04 Removal of "fill"Elsa inspects the gas pipe and water pipe that were buried in the fill.
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2007-09-04 Removal of "fill"The gas main laid in the late 80s is re-exposed.
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2007-09-05 Removal of "fill"The hard work continues and now over half the fill has been removed.
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2007-09-05 Removal of "fill"The exposed gas main viewed from the north side of the bridge.
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2007-09-05 Removal of "fill"A close-up detail of Nathaniel Wright's "W" cast as the centre piece of the handrailing with the bolted joint exposed below.
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2007-09-07 Fill and Kerbs removedWith the fill and stone kerbs removed this is as close as we will ever get to the original bridge and its fabric.
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2007-09-07 Fill and Kerbs removedThe gas main clearly exposed. Listed Building Consent was not applied for when this was done in the late 80s. Scandalous really!
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2007-09-07 Fill and Kerbs removedThe west elevation of the bridge looking slender and elegant, so different now that the Bailey bridge is gone.
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2007-09-07 Fill and Kerbs removedThe bridge is remarkably intact considering its age and the lack of maintenance in recent years.
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2007-09-07 Fill and Kerbs removedThe proportions of the original handrailing now make more sense with the stone kerbs removed.
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2007-09-07 Fill and Kerbs removedSunlight plays on the arched ribs.
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