Showing posts with label Newport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newport. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 December 2014

NEWPORT WAVE

 

STEEL WAVE BY PETER FINK.
ERECTED IN 1990 TO REFLECT NEWPORT'S
HISTORY OF STEEL MAKING.
IT ALSO STANDS ON THE RIVERBANK WHERE
COMMERCIAL AND PASSENGER WHARVES
THRIVED IN THE 1800s.






 

 
 
 
 

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

NEWPORT TRANSPORTER BRIDGE

THIS TRANSPORTER BRIDGE IN NEWPORT, SOUTH WALES, WAS BUILT IN 1906 AND SPANS THE RIVER USK IN NEWPORT. THERE ARE ONLY 8 REMAINING BRIDGES LIKE THIS WORLDWIDE, 3 IN THE UK. THE BRIDGE WAS USED IN THE 1959 MOVIE TIGER BAY.
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