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what does this have to do with what it uses to make the bridge????

Video[edit]

I do not believe the video to add to this article...

84.41.232.121 21:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What era?[edit]

Article says "For the Victorian-era retractable bridge, see Guthrie rolling bridge" but Guthrie rolling bridge says the type was "an 18th century version of the drawbridge". By the Victorian age fortifications needing drawbridges were out of date. Strikes me "trundling" would have better described the Guthrie type.--SilasW (talk) 19:16, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Purpose[edit]

Ist there any need to lift the bridge to use the apparently small basin behind it or is this more of a decorative novelty? 92.201.236.7 (talk) 09:56, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have the same question, and am disappointed the article didn't address it.

This tiny dead end with no moorings doesn't look like an area that actually needed to be navigable, and it's even less clear why the bridge needs to move instead of a simple fixed arch (narrowboats aren't particularly tall). ElectronicsForDogs (talk) 22:28, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and did some reading on the subject, I've found plenty of sources that reflect the general thrust of "kinetic sculpture, not practical bridge design". Improved the article accordingly. Hopefully it's now clearer on this point ElectronicsForDogs (talk) 14:49, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]