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    Now how can that be, I wonder, since there's no...

    Now how can that be, I wonder, since there's no significant gap between the fixed & swinging sections of the roadway?
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    http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=sww12pgsj9qv&lvl=...

    http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=sww12pgsj9qv&lvl=19.389665624780566&dir=86.67933179539605&sty=b&form=LMLTCC

    Looking at this, which is where the A49 crosses the canal, the bridge is not quite...
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    Yes; your picture and this one seem to show this...

    Yes; your picture and this one seem to show this clearly.
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    Looking at the two pictures of the open bridges...

    Looking at the two pictures of the open bridges on page 2, They are centre-pivoted, just the same as one built on a pier in the middle of a river, but half of it swings over land.
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    Woodside ventilation shaft

    Next time you're in the area, it's worth going to see this close-up. It is said that the constraints of the site - it is 210 feet tall and only 19 feet from the river wall - almost brought the...
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    Oh, and sadly, the fine footbridge at Hooton has...

    Oh, and sadly, the fine footbridge at Hooton has been demolished: vandals.:gnasher:
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    I'm very fond of the style of Green Lane station....

    I'm very fond of the style of Green Lane station. Scouseinmanc is quite right; there was never a main line station here. The line did indeed run above the right-hand wall in the picture, and at the...
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    It is indeed in Oxton; Balls Rd., outside the...

    It is indeed in Oxton; Balls Rd., outside the Williamson Art Gallery.

    Attached is one from Ashville Rd., which runs through Birkenhead Park. It's a hexagonal Penfold, Victorian.
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