Jordan Bridge 21 On The River Don Navigation - Tinsley, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc
N 53° 25.353 W 001° 23.741
30U E 606607 N 5920477
This private railway bridge over the River Don Navigation was built for the nearby sewage works.
Waymark Code: WMT0FA
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/03/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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The River Don Navigation
"The River Don Navigation was the result of early efforts to make the River Don in South Yorkshire, England, navigable between Fishlake and Sheffield. The Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden had re-routed the mouth of the river in 1626, to improve drainage, and the new works included provision for navigation, but the scheme did not solve the problem of flooding, and the Dutch River was cut in 1635 to link the new channel to Goole. The first Act of Parliament to improve navigation on the river was obtained in 1726, by a group of Cutlers based in Sheffield; the Corporation of Doncaster obtained an Act in the following year for improvements to the lower river. Locks and lock cuts were built, and, by 1751, the river was navigable to Tinsley.

The Bridge
Called "Jordan Bridge 21" by British Waterways, this bridge carried a railway that linked Blackburn Meadows Sewage Works to additional filters and contact beds to the east of the navigation. It was constructed by Logan and Hemmingway, who won a contract valued at £41,046 in April 1907, which included six settling tanks, 24 contact beds, and the bridge. The eastern approach consists of three brick arches, which allowed a siding to pass through it. Continued expansion of the works required a second bridge to be constructed in 1922, to carry the railway over the river channel. The steelwork for Holmes bridge was supplied by Charles Ross Ltd, who were based in Sheffield, while piling work was carried out by Yorkshire Hennebique Concreting Co Ltd." Details extracted from this link
Bridge Type: Girder

Bridge Usage: Abandoned/Not Active

Moving Bridge: This bridge is static (has no moving pieces)

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