Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16562
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/02/1996
Date of Amendment
13/02/1996
Name of Property
Sliding Bridge at N entrance to Basin
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Barry
Town
Locality
Barry Docks
Easting
312241
Northing
167139
Street Side
Location
Spans N entrance to Dock Basin.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
1889. Bridge of riveted metal plates. Bridge slides forwards on tracks operated by horizontal wheel beneath bridge powered by hydraulic winch. Base of bridge has I-beam girders; and to W, mechanism for engaging with dock wall. Sides of bridge are metal plates with girders and struts; sides curve down to W end. To E end, bridge has counterweights, and makers plates stating bridge manufactured by the Darlington Wagon and Engineering Co Ltd, 1889.
Interior
Reason for designation
Believed to be the only major example in Wales of hydraulic powered sliding bridge still in working order.
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