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- Die Galton Bridge ist eine gusseiserne Bogenbrücke in Smethwick im Metropolitan Borough Sandwell (West Midlands). Bei ihrer Einweihung 1829 war sie mit 45 Metern (151 feet) Spannweite die längste einbogige Eisenbrückenkonstruktion der Welt. Der Bau der Brücke wurde notwendig, als der neu angelegt wurde und dabei einige Straßen zerschnitt. Auf ihr wurde die Roebuck Lane über den Geländeeinschnitt geführt, der für den Kanal notwendig wurde. Ihr Konstrukteur war Thomas Telford, der für ihre Konstruktion auf einen einige Jahre zuvor von ihm ausgeführten Plan der Holt Brige, einer ebenfalls gusseisernen Flussquerung, zurückgriff. Die Pläne wurden von der Firma ausgeführt. Die Brücke wurde nach Samuel Tertius Galton (Sohn von Samuel John Galton) benannt, der damals Mitglied des Bauausschusses Smethwicks war und den Bau stark unterstützte. Die Galton Bridge steht seit 1972 unter Denkmalschutz und ist heute nur noch als Fußgängerbrücke freigegeben. (de)
- The Galton Bridge is a cast-iron bridge in Smethwick, near Birmingham, in central England. Opened in 1829 as a road bridge, the structure has been pedestrianised since the 1970s. It was built by Thomas Telford to carry a road across the new main line of the Birmingham Canal, which was built in a deep cutting. The bridge is 70 ft (21 m) above the canal, making it reputedly the highest single-span arch bridge in the world when it was built, 26 ft (7.9 m) wide, and 150 ft (46 m) long. The Galton Bridge is in cast iron, forged at the nearby Horseley Ironworks, with masonry abutments. The design includes decorative lamp-posts and X-shaped bracing in the spandrels. In the 1840s, a railway bridge was built from one of the abutments, with a parapet in keeping with the original. The Galton Bridge carried traffic for over 140 years until it was bypassed by a new road, named Telford Way, in the 1970s, and now only carries pedestrians and cyclists. The scheme involved burying the canal in a tunnel, which was named Galton Tunnel. The bridge is one of six built by Telford that share common design features and the only one still standing without modification. It underwent minor repair work in the 1980s, after which it was repainted from its original black into a colour scheme intended to enhance its features. It is maintained by the Canal and River Trust and lends its name to the nearby Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station. It is a grade I listed building. (en)
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- slender metal bridge over deep valley (en)
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- The Galton Bridge from the west (en)
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- Grade I listed building (en)
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- The Galton Bridge is a cast-iron bridge in Smethwick, near Birmingham, in central England. Opened in 1829 as a road bridge, the structure has been pedestrianised since the 1970s. It was built by Thomas Telford to carry a road across the new main line of the Birmingham Canal, which was built in a deep cutting. The bridge is 70 ft (21 m) above the canal, making it reputedly the highest single-span arch bridge in the world when it was built, 26 ft (7.9 m) wide, and 150 ft (46 m) long. The Galton Bridge is in cast iron, forged at the nearby Horseley Ironworks, with masonry abutments. The design includes decorative lamp-posts and X-shaped bracing in the spandrels. (en)
- Die Galton Bridge ist eine gusseiserne Bogenbrücke in Smethwick im Metropolitan Borough Sandwell (West Midlands). Bei ihrer Einweihung 1829 war sie mit 45 Metern (151 feet) Spannweite die längste einbogige Eisenbrückenkonstruktion der Welt. Die Galton Bridge steht seit 1972 unter Denkmalschutz und ist heute nur noch als Fußgängerbrücke freigegeben. (de)
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