Where I am

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

‘ang on,

I still need to ask about the other bridge, 

we (now) know where the bridge is but where was it loaded/launched from ?

[magnetman]

Maybe those horse boats were filled with water until virtually sunk then the bridge truss was transferred from a larger craft then you pump the water out of the narrow boats. 

[Heartland]

Yes it is Nuneham Viaduct or Bridge, also known as Black Bridge. And yes it has been subsiding for some time

 

Network Rail is in attendance for the repair 

 

 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

13 minutes ago, Heartland said:

Another river bridge. This one was completed in 1907 and is steel. It replaced an earlier iron bridge, and that bridge replaced one of timber.

 

 

Well, I do know that’s NOT Tipton.  
 

…because there ain’t the outta date sign for Caggy’s price of diesel nailed to centre. 

[magnetman]

Lovely part of the River just up from the bridge. Nuneham house and estate is beautiful. I found the remains of an old lock cottage in the woods there. Some walls but not a lot. 

 

It is my belief this is where the famous Lady of Shalott painting was based.  

 

The grounds of the Nuneham estate are to die for. 

 

This looks like the island at Nuneham to me

 

Edited April 30 by magnetman
fix picture

[Heartland]

For Goliath then where is this in Tipton and no there ain't a reference to Caggy anywhere

 

 

 

 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

4 minutes ago, Heartland said:

For Goliath then where is this in Tipton and no there ain't a reference to Caggy anywhere

 

 

 

 

You’re teasing me ….

 

is that the Island Line crossing above?

My initial thought was Dudley Port 

 But Dudley Port ain’t Tipton

[Rob-M]

Captain Ahab has the picture captioned as "Central Avenue Aqueduct - late 1960's (Ian Husselbee)" but I can't find where that is.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

No, I’m gonna go Dudley Port. 
final answer

2 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

Captain Ahab has the picture captioned as "Central Avenue Aqueduct - late 1960's (Ian Husselbee)" but I can't find where that is.

Hunting for whale in Tipton was he?

 

[Ex Brummie]

47 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

Captain Ahab has the picture captioned as "Central Avenue Aqueduct - late 1960's (Ian Husselbee)" but I can't find where that is.

This is Puppy Green Aqueduct, Park Lane East, Tipton. I used to travel under this on the way to and from work in the 70's. I would often encounter a scrap/rag&bone man with a horse drawn cart, who, after an afternoon in the pub would travel at a fair pace down Park Lane East towards this shouting to his horse "under you bu**ar, not over". Tipton, like most of the Black Country, had more than its fair share of characters.

[David Mack]

4 hours ago, Derek R. said:

 

There is no crane in shot. So how did the girder get there?

The girder is mounted on two bogies which have small wheels. So my guess is the long timbers at the top were laid across the gunwales, with rail lines fitted to them, and linked to a rail track on the bank via a hinged intermediate span (to accommodate the change in level as the boats sank down under the weight of the girder), then the girder+bogies was wheeled onto the long timbers. Then the long timbers were jacked up to allow the additional timbers below to be inserted one at a time to get to the position seen. The girder needed to be this high so the ends would be higher than the abutment and pier when it was floated into place. Then they probably partially flooded the boats to drop the girder down onto its permanent supports and to allow the boats and timber crib to be removed.

Then repeat for the other three girders.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

And the man with the Hi Viz white shirt is most likely the boss??

giving instructions to the man with the pointing stick?

 

theres another section of bridge in the background. 

[Heartland]

Yes, the concrete aqueduct over Central Avenue is also known as Tibbington Aqueduct. The last aqueduct built for the BCN made it necessary to build Central Avenue. It is on the old main line from Bloomfield through to Bradley. But boats cannot get there any more so Goliath can only walk there.

 

I suggest read Boundary Post more frequently.

Edited May 1 by Heartland

[David Mack]

23 hours ago, Ex Brummie said:

This is Puppy Green Aqueduct, Park Lane East, Tipton. I used to travel under this on the way to and from work in the 70's. I would often encounter a scrap/rag&bone man with a horse drawn cart, who, after an afternoon in the pub would travel at a fair pace down Park Lane East towards this shouting to his horse "under you bu**ar, not over". Tipton, like most of the Black Country, had more than its fair share of characters.

Definitely not Puppy Green Aqueduct, which is a low arch structure with the railway alongside.

57 minutes ago, Heartland said:

Yes, the concrete aqueduct over Central Avenue is also known as Tibbington Aqueduct. The last aqueduct built for the BCN made it necessary to build Central Avenue. It is on the old main line from Bloomfield through to Bradley. But boats cannot get there any more so Goliath can only walk there.

But if Goliath walks there he won't see much of the aqueduct. All that seems to be left is a bit at the bottom of the southwest abutment wall.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

I’ll be back over that way at some point towards end of week, I’ll have a look. 

Doesn’t appear to be far from the pub. 
 

[Ex Brummie]

21 minutes ago, Goliath said:

I’ll be back over that way at some point towards end of week, I’ll have a look. 

Doesn’t appear to be far from the pub. 
 

Nowhere in Tipton is far from the pub!

[Captain Pegg]

@Goliath can we do a "Where I am?" on your current profile pic?

 

Is it Armitage?

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

7 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

@Goliath can we do a "Where I am?" on your current profile pic?

 

Is it Armitage?

Yes 

well done. 
 

It made me laff when I first saw the graffiti 10 years or so ago. 
Now I’m thinking, in another 10 years or so it may ring true. 

My mate Brad has a bridge named after him too. 
Do you know where that is?

Clue: Cuthound will know it. 
 

 

[Captain Pegg]

8 minutes ago, Goliath said:

Yes 

well done. 
 

It made me laff when I first saw the graffiti 10 years or so ago. 
Now I’m thinking, in another 10 years or so it may ring true. 

My mate Brad has a bridge named after him too. 
Do you know where that is?

Clue: Cuthound will know it. 
 

 

 

Amington I suspect.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

12 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

 

Amington I suspect.

I’m gonna have to check which it is.

I can’t remember 😬 the No. 

Its definitely not Cuthound’s  bridge which is Amington Bridge(?). 
But closer towards Glascote. 
Maybe 69
 

I also see Jacko of this forum has tagged a set of bridges, you must have seen them?

 

Edited May 1 by Goliath

[cuthound]

13 hours ago, Goliath said:

 

Its definitely not Cuthound’s  bridge which is Amington Bridge(?). 
But closer towards Glascote. 
Maybe 69

 

 

 

Old Tamworth Road bridge according to CanalPlan.

Edited May 2 by cuthound

[Heartland]

But if Goliath walks there he won't see much of the aqueduct. All that seems to be left is a bit at the bottom of the southwest abutment wall

 

Yup!

Good exercise and am not sure if any pubs are open there also.

 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

4 minutes ago, Heartland said:

But if Goliath walks there he won't see much of the aqueduct. All that seems to be left is a bit at the bottom of the southwest abutment wall

 

Yup!

Good exercise and am not sure if any pubs are open there also.

 

Maybe next time you’re on walkabouts you could come for a trip on Goliath and save your legs. 👍
 

[Heartland]

May be what does Goliath look like-

 

 

As to Puppy Green Aqueduct, that is still there as an original build carrying New Main line over road

 

This 1957 image from the Waterways Archive has not changed much.

 

 

 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Looks alright

Has scrubbed up well for an old boat with a cabin built last century on a hull from the century before. 
 

So where was Goliath on the BCN when he found the kids’ car ?

Easy peasy, lemon squeezey

 

 

Edited May 2 by Goliath