This made me laugh...
http://www.brueckenweb.de/2content/d...t.php?bas=4617

But I digress. What is this? The German translates as "railway bridge"... It
seems to be directly over the disused railway tunnel to North Woolwich.
http://www.brueckenweb.de/2content/d...t.php?bas=4625
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...01206&t=k&z=20

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:41:50 +0100, "Basil Jet"
wrote:

But I digress. What is this? The German translates as "railway bridge"... It
seems to be directly over the disused railway tunnel to North Woolwich.
http://www.brueckenweb.de/2content/d...t.php?bas=4625
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...01206&t=k&z=20

Isn't that the bridge over to City Airport?

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Basil Jet wrote:
This made me laugh...
http://www.brueckenweb.de/2content/d...t.php?bas=4617

But I digress. What is this? The German translates as "railway bridge"... It
seems to be directly over the disused railway tunnel to North Woolwich.
http://www.brueckenweb.de/2content/d...t.php?bas=4625
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...01206&t=k&z=20

Google Translate says the German under the photo says:


"Except for the rotation mechanism is the bridge demolished. The railway
now runs in the tunnel. The rotation was carried out by a chain."

In article , (David E Newton)
wrote:

Basil Jet wrote:
This made me laugh...



http://www.brueckenweb.de/2content/d...enblatt.php?ba
s=4617

But I digress. What is this? The German translates as "railway
bridge"... It seems to be directly over the disused railway
tunnel to North Woolwich.


http://www.brueckenweb.de/2content/d...enblatt.php?ba
s=4625


http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...9516&spn=0.000
638,0.001206&t=k&z=20

Google Translate says the German under the photo says:

"Except for the rotation mechanism is the bridge demolished. The
railway now runs in the tunnel. The rotation was carried out by a
chain."

In other words the tunnel (which the Germans don't seem to realise is
disused too) replaced a swing bridge.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

wrote:
In article , (David E
Newton) wrote:

Google Translate says the German under the photo says:

"Except for the rotation mechanism is the bridge demolished. The
railway now runs in the tunnel. The rotation was carried out by a
chain."

In other words the tunnel (which the Germans don't seem to realise is
disused too) replaced a swing bridge.

Ah, okay, thanks, I didn't even see that text. But then I'm wondering, is
the tunnel really directly under this? Could they really have tunnelled
directly beneath the support of a swing bridge which was still carrying
trains? No wonder the tunnel leaked!

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

wrote:
In article , (David E
Newton) wrote:

Google Translate says the German under the photo says:

"Except for the rotation mechanism is the bridge demolished. The
railway now runs in the tunnel. The rotation was carried out by a
chain."

In other words the tunnel (which the Germans don't seem to realise is
disused too) replaced a swing bridge.

Ah, okay, thanks, I didn't even see that text. But then I'm
wondering, is the tunnel really directly under this? Could they
really have tunnelled directly beneath the support of a swing
bridge which was still carrying trains? No wonder the tunnel
leaked!

Zooming out the Google maps picture it does rather look like it. Both
tunnel entrances are clearly visible and from them the course of the
tunnel looks pretty clear.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In message , Basil Jet
wrote:
In other words the tunnel (which the Germans don't seem to realise is
disused too) replaced a swing bridge.

Ah, okay, thanks, I didn't even see that text. But then I'm wondering, is
the tunnel really directly under this? Could they really have tunnelled
directly beneath the support of a swing bridge which was still carrying
trains? No wonder the tunnel leaked!

The tunnel runs slightly east of the swing bridge, about 25m or so,
according to old OS maps.

Confusingly, on the north side the line over the swing bridge diverged
from tracks *north* of the tunnel mouth, so crossing over the tunnel
line shortly east of the portal, somewhere under what's now the Premier
Inn.

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