A feat of engineering...and sadly demolished
Featured in the film ‘Arabesque’
Ooh ... I would have loved to see and experience that! What a lost treasure!
What did they do with all the scrap steel?
Good question.I have no idea.And none of the articles online about it mention it either.
I did find this
https://museum.wales/articles/2007-04-23/Heroic-rescue-for-man-dangling-from-girder-50-meters-high/
Hurrah for brave Mr Dally!
(And Sophia Loren and Gregory Peck too.)
'Tis glorious...do you know why they tore it down, SFA? Was it getting rickety and too difficult to repair?
Train services had been axed and yes-it was deemed to be too expensive to keep as an historical monument.Repairs were needed as maintenance was not continued after train services ended.
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Ooh ... I would have loved to see and experience that! What a lost treasure!
What did they do with all the scrap steel?
Good question.I have no idea.And none of the articles online about it mention it either.
I did find this
https://museum.wales/articles/2007-04-23/Heroic-rescue-for-man-dangling-from-girder-50-meters-high/
Hurrah for brave Mr Dally!
(And Sophia Loren and Gregory Peck too.)
'Tis glorious...do you know why they tore it down, SFA? Was it getting rickety and too difficult to repair?
Train services had been axed and yes-it was deemed to be too expensive to keep as an historical monument.Repairs were needed as maintenance was not continued after train services ended.