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Brunel Swivel Bridge Project Photos March 2018

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Investigative Work in 2018


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2018 investigative work is on the rotation of the bridge

Details of work

Details of progress in 2013

Details of progress in 2014

Details of progress in 2015

Details of progress in 2016

Details of progress in 2017

Details of progress in 2018

March 2018

Investigating the wheels. Rotor Wheels photosThis time the North East.
Everyone wearing woolly hats to keep warm
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The south-east wheel has recently been machined, showing our wheel in a giant lathe at Croft Engineering in Fishponds, with machinist Paul Tyrer.
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Maggie and Julian trying to get the bronze shell out of the housing, the other Julian filming.
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Julian taking the cap off the noth west housing.
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David and Bob starting to lift the north east wheel
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Wheel needs a good clean
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There is very little room to manoevre
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The hook gets in the way of the turntable. There is no room to put the wheel at an angle to get past. Time for a rethink
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Bob gets the wheel lifted finally with Martyn and Ian's help and a long crowbar.
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Just look at the cobwebs in the wheel
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Bob directing the next operation
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David putting scaffolding pole under the gantry ready to move the wheel
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Geoff moving the wheel
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Manoevring the wheel at an angle to get to the Youngmans board going diagonally
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Need to walk the plank to get to the meeting of the Youngmans boards
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Martyn on the wire brush, David on the needle gun, cleaning the wheel
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wheel going back into Geoff's car
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Ian Kerr with his Meccano and polystyrene model of the 'setting gear' which sets the Bridge deck at the
correct level on the north bank of the Entrance Lock.
His Meccano model of the bridge itself was on show at the Model Engineering show August 2016