Brunel's Other BridgeBrunel Swivel Bridge Project Photos April 2014
 Brunel Swivel Bridge getting lifted higher and higher |
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Work PHASE A Preparation and Basic Conservation by Volunteers
- Cleaning and painting rusty areas
- Unbolt and release the centre pintle casting
- Jack up Bridge a few inches
- Free up north tail wheel
- Release two rotation cables
- Lower bridge onto its pintle and track
- Free the pintle thread, rotate bridge a small amount and return to present position
- Locate and obtain copies of drawings and past reports. Write a conservation plan
- Seek letters of support
Contact Maggie Shapland (Maggie.shapland@gmail.com) if you wish to help.
Details of progress in 2014 and working days.
Saturday 26 April 2014 and Sunday
Geoff pumping the iron, Graham having a rest from it and Mike getting more timber in position | |
Checking it is level all the time to avoid any stress |
Graham doing some painting after Maggie had finished preparing the surface. The wooden covers are doing their job protecting the supports from the elements |
Mike Bone drilling out the tapered pins. Hard work, breaking drills in the process |
Pins rusted in |
Ian Kerr getting pins out too |
Geoff resourceful as ever, rescuing a hat from the docks |
Maggie and Geoff measuring the pintel |
Pintel wear |
Pintel wear above |
Pintel wear above |
Pintel view |
Geoff cleaning the large nut |
Martyn, Mike and Graham cleaning and freeing the hydraulic rams. A bit more room! |
The Matthew conveniently went on a trip and enabled us to measure the distance between the bridges when the Plimsoll bridge swung. We also watched the Pyronaut going through its paces so it was not all hard work |