BRIDGE 09 – AQUEDUCT/ PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE – UPDATE
TO 20.11.18
With the aqueduct/bridge gone, the poor
condition east end bank seat was carefully demolished.
and the old
foundation widened with extra concrete to the front and both sides.
Next the
main bearing block was concreted; the enlargement of the base,
underneath, can just be seen.
Then the two side blocks were concreted.
The stream coming in from the field on the Cotswold
side, into a concrete filled brick sided channel has always been a mess. The old concrete had a substantial dip at the centre causing the water
to lie there.
So that was all cleared away and a new one built with a pipe into
the ditch in the field.
The photograph shows it almost finished.
BRIDGE 12 – VIADUCT – PRINCIPAL INSPECTION (continued)
With 7 of the arches having been inspected with a
MEWP a couple of weeks ago, the next task was to inspect the parapet walls and
the spandrel brickwork. This was to be done by rope abseiling men.
The ropes
were anchored to the track,
The remaining arches were also to be done by aerial rope workers.
In this case a main cable was laid right around and through the
viaduct arch, and was then pulled tight below the crown, being anchored to the
track from both sides. Then the men attached themselves to this main cable and
pulled themselves along.
Photos courtesy of John Balderstone and John Fancote.
20.11.2018 - JOHN BALDERSTONE
A very fine job you are doing gentlemen in not the best of weather
ReplyDeleteAgain, I'm so pleased to see all the infrastructure getting fixed 'right' (here, the skew bridge, etc, etc). I can't wait to see what's next!
ReplyDeleteNoel
I believe that the purpose of the dip in the receptor channel on the Cotswold side of the aqueduct was to intercept and settle out silt and debris from the incoming stream, so as not to let this material clog up the trough and impede the flow. The idea being that the receptor channel would be a lot easier to clean out than trying to clear through the trough.
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