This week a £1m scheme to save the 1876 River Tyne swing bridge ended in failure. The machine room, showing one of Armstrong's original three-cylinder oscillating hydraulic motors First used for road traffic on 15 June 1876 and opened for river traffic on 17 July 1876 the bridge,...
Uplifting news for fans of Britains Engineering Heritage. The oldest known crane made by Bath engineering firm Stothert and Pitt has been given a £4,000 grant for restoration. The crane, built in the 1860s was used for quarrying Bath stone at the Clift Quarry located in Box, Wiltshire....