Newport Transporter Bridge by DRONE
Filmed in June 2021
Drone: DJI Mini 2
Shot in 4K 25fps
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Copy text from information board in Frairs Walk:
The remarkable Newport Transporter
Bridge is one of only six operational transporter bridges left worldwide from a total of twenty constructed.
Since it opened in 1906 the Bridge has dominated the Newport skyline.
What is a transporter bridge?
A transporter bridge is basically a suspended ferry that can operate more efficiently than a conventional ferry.
A high-level boom that allows ships to pass underneath is suspended from towers at each end.
The boom carries a rail track on which a moving carriage or traveller' runs.
A gondola or platform is suspended from the carriage and can be pulled from one side of the river to the other by means of a hauling cable. The Transporter Bridge is powered by twin 35 horsepower electric motors.
Although an aerial ferry was the idea of English engineer
Charles Smith, the first working example was built by Spaniard Alberto Palacio and Frenchman Ferdinand Arnodin in 1893 at Portugalete near Bilbao in Spain.
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Why build a transporter bridge?
In 1900 Newport was a very busy port, much of it centred up river from where the Transporter Bridge now stands.
Industry was expanding on the east side of the river which, for the population largely based on the west side, meant a 4 mile walk to cross the river by the town bridge to get to work.
The river Usk has the highest tidal range of any city in the world. A ferry operated but the ever changing times of the tide and its extreme rise and fall meant this was not a practical or quick method of crossing for work.
The Borough Engineer, Robert Haynes, had heard of the new innovative bridges being built on the continent and encouraged Newport Corporation to visit the newly built transporter bridge at Rouen in France where they met with designer Ferdinand Arnodin.
The transporter bridge won where other crossings would
have failed to do so. A ferry could onlv cross when the tide was right, and the dangerous current had already claimed lives. A tunnel under the river would be too expensive.
A conventional bridge would need a very long approach ramp to gain the height needed for ships to pass underneath.
The transporter bridge struck a perfect balance for the era
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the river by sail and one of the first to provide a crossing for the new motorcars.
Opened in
1906
Building the bridge
In 1900 Parliamentary approval to build the bridge was secured and work began in 1902.
Haynes and Arnodin were appointed joint engineers and the contract to build the bridge was given to Alfred Thorne
or westminstei
The bridge cost €98.000 to complete - the equivalent of over €14 million today. It was opened on September 12 1906 by 1st Viscount Tredegar, Godfrey Morgan, of Tredegar House.
What's next for the Transporter Bridge?
It is an exciting time for the Newport Transporter Bridge.
With support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Welsh Government and Newport City Council, extensive restoration of the bridge structure is currently underway, as well as the construction of a new visitor centre.
Please follow the restoration of the bridge on social media
@NTBridge
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