http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk Linking Southwark and the City of London across the River Thames Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:37:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:37:47 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=408 Polythene wraps have now been applied to the east and west sides of Span 2. The generators and compressors have been delivered at Southwark Bridge and work on grit blasting the underside will begin shortly. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/21st-january-2010 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/21st-january-2010#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:01:15 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=364 Work has now started on erecting scaffolding around Span 2 on Southwark Bridge. The work being carried out is within the existing Traffic Management arrangements. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/21st-january-2010/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/tram-at-southwark-bridge http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/tram-at-southwark-bridge#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:56:11 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=359 The first trams were introduced into London in 1860 by the American George Francis Train. These early trams were originally led by horses, with the first one operating along Victoria Street in Westminster. In 1883 the West Metropolitan Tramways Company ran a Kew Bridge-Richmond horse drawn service, although these early trams were not without their [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/tram-at-southwark-bridge/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-river-thames http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-river-thames#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:59:04 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=305 For thousands of years the River Thames has played an important role in the development of England and to this day continues to delight and inspire millions of people. The politician John Elliot Burns (1858-1943) once described the Thames as “Liquid History,” a fitting tribute to a river whose tale stretches back so far. One of [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-river-thames/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-millennium-bridge http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-millennium-bridge#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:43:03 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=323 In 1996 Southwark Council in conjunction with the Financial Times and the Royal Institute of British Architects organized a competition for the design of a new bridge across the Thames. The event was won by the dazzling “blade of light” design envisioned by Arup (engineers), Foster and Partners (architects) and Sir Anthony Caro (sculptor), and [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-millennium-bridge/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/john-rennie http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/john-rennie#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:25:32 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=267 John Rennie (1761-1821) John Rennie was born in Phantassie near East Linton, East Lothian, in 1761, and was to become one of the greatest engineers of his generation. From an early age he began working for the esteemed millwright Andrew Meikle, a fellow Scot who invented the threshing machine, an agricultural device which separated husks from [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/john-rennie/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-basil-mott http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-basil-mott#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:23:55 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=279 Sir Basil Mott, 1st Baronet (1859-1938) Born in Leicester in 1859, Basil Mott was later educated in Switzerland before returning home to study at the Royal School of Mines (Imperial College London). In 1886 he began working on the City and South London Railway (C&SLR) on the instigation of J. H. Greathead, the great South African [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-basil-mott/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-ernest-george http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-ernest-george#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:12:46 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=275 Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) Born in 1839 Ernest George was an English architect who designed numerous houses throughout the country. Having studied art and architecture at the Royal Academy Schools, London, George proceeded to design homes such as Buchan Hill in Sussex, Stoodleigh Court in Tiverton and extended Rawdon House in Hertfordshire. In the 1870`s he went into [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-ernest-george/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-william-arrol-co http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-william-arrol-co#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:54:56 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=287 Sir William Arrol & Co was a highly acclaimed civil engineering business established in the 1870`s. The company were responsible for building a number of bridges throughout the country, notably the Tay Rail Bridge, the Forth Rail Bridge, Southwark Bridge and Tower Bridge. The original Tay Bridge had of course collapsed just 18 months after [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/people/sir-william-arrol-co/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/map/southwark-bridge http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/map/southwark-bridge#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:57:14 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=241 Southwark Bridge is an arch bridge for traffic linking Southwark and the City across the River Thames in London. It was designed by Ernest George and Basil Mott. It was built by Sir William Arrol & Co. and opened in 1921. The bridge is owned and maintained by the City Bridge Trust, a charitable trust [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/map/southwark-bridge/feed 0