| Re: Operating Incident at Liverpool Street |
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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: IanBIanB Date: May 28, 2008 14:43
On 28 May, 22:36, Neill hotmail.com> wrote:> On May 28, 10:30 pm, "Richard J." blueukder.co.yon> wrote:
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>>> Peter Masson wrote:
>>> "Richard J." blueukder.co.yon> wrote>
>>>> It sounds as if one of the pillars supporting that end of the
>>>> bridge may have partially collapsed. Â I can now understand why the
>>>> security guys insisted that I wore a hard hat to take the photo at
>>>> http://rjnews.fotopic.net/p50210450.html! >
>>> I don't think a hard hat would have been much use if that lot had
>>> landed on your head.
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>> Also on BBC News tonight: Â "The leaning tower of Pisa has stopped moving for
>> the first time in its 800-year history." Â Perhaps the bridge is trying to
>> make a name for itself as the leaning bridge of Shoreditch.
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>> Richard J.
>> (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)
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> Does the bridge sit on existing pillars or are they new?
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This sounds like very bad news for the ELL - two other bridges were
craned in in the last few weeks. could it also have ramifications for
other bridge builds, and for longer term railway projects, as craning
in bridges is used to reduce disruption costs?
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