Neun schmiedeeiserne Gitterträger stützen die Brücke in Verbindung mit zwei Ziegelflusspfeilern auf einer Länge von 1352 Metern. I usually try to get in a couple of evening walks in that quiet period just after Christmas and before the main return to work at the start of January. I grew up in the Waterloo area in the 70s and 80s and still live here. A new railway bridge was built, … HUNGERFORD OR CHARING CROSS BRIDGE. This is indicative of the considerable growth in passenger transport along the Thames in the 35 years since 1985, when river piers were mainly used for tourist focused cruises of the river. I wanted to photograph the same scenes as 35 years ago in 1985, and to have a look at what has changed. Die Breite der Fahrbahn beträgt 14 Meter, die Spannweite im Zentrum 206 Meter und die Spannweite der 3 Seitenöffnungen jeweils 101 Meter. It was always a nightmare of commuters just out of Waterloo going north. Campaigns by the GLC could not influence the majority of the Conservative Government, and at the time there were serious concerns about future funding of South Bank complex. carried on two brick piers. The railway company replaced the suspension bridge with a structure designed by Sir John Hawkshaw, comp Die Hungerford Bridge wird den meisten als Charing Cross Bridge bekannt sein.

It was a unique place to work and stamped a genuine bit of class on Shell-Mex and B.P. Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1966.87 . In 1859 the Charing Cross Railway Act A toll of a halfpenny payable at both ends of the bridge was charged The second walkway on the other side of Hungerford Bridge provides superb views towards Westminster.The opening up of a walking route from the South Bank through Bankside and to Tower Bridge and beyond, along with attractions such as the London Eye and growth in the numbers of bars and restaurants has significantly increased walking across the river, along with the always present use of the bridge as a route between the north bank of the river and Waterloo Station.Use of the river has grown since 1985 as evidenced by the considerably enlarged Embankment Pier.In another 35 years time, the Royal Festival Hall will be just over 100 years old – it will be interesting to see how the area changes in the coming decades. The County Hall is such a grand building and I remember going there as a child for some special lectures on science as my teacher thought they would suit me (all that has changed- I am just average ability now!). The area around the old London Weekend Television tower block and the London Studios will certainly look very different.I would have liked to have seen photos of the Festival of Britain buildings in the 1950s like the giant needleI enjoyed reading today’s post, Admin. This image is in the public domain. In 1859 the original bridge was bought by the railway company extending the South Eastern Railway into the newly opened Charing Cross railway station. The front of the Shell-Mex building is covered in sheeting as part of an ongoing refurbishment.Walking along the walkway towards the north bank, and this was the 1985 view from Hungerford Bridge looking towards the Embankment.The Embankment is much the same, however the main change is the scale of the Embankment Pier. The Houses of Parliament appear at the upper left. I found my schoolboy 1951 “Festival of Britain” enamelled visitors badge this year lurking in a box of old junk in the garage!Thank you for all your lovely posts about London, keep up the good work.Great photos I have a black and white film shot late 1950s titled night and day part shot on south bank as they were building festival hall ,This is a great blog and I am glad to see that others are reading and commenting. Shell-Mex House was sold to a property company and was renamed 80 The Strand, but colloquially it is still known by its original name to this day. I was walking across Hungerford Bridge on Friday and paused in the middle to take in the views. This building, now called Tower 42, was the tallest building in the City.The same view today is shown in the following photo. Explore connections. Catalogue raisonné: Kennedy 76. ); Platemark: 21.1 x 13.6 cm (8 5/16 x 5 3/8 in.) Etching and drypoint. It was connected to an anemometer, and the colours alternated more quickly, the windier it was.Enjoyed the blog today. You can use it however you want. London used to be a bit grim back then, it’s bright and shiny now, but getting too expensive and filled with annoying hipsters for most of us born here. The following is an extract from the 1985 photo which shows this advertising along the front of the building.The red banner requests “Keep GLC Working for the Arts in London”. Shell U.K. stayed in Shell-Mex House and BP moved to Victoria. The brightly lit building is the wonderful 1931, Grade II listed, Shell-Mex House, occupied at the time by Shell UK. A view of Old Hungerford Bridge with a number of Thames barges and paddle steamers on the river. Another walkway was temporarily added in 1951 when an Army The footbridge gained a reputation for being narrow, dilapidated and dangerous; it was the scene of a murder in 1999.Further justification for new footbridge structures both upstream and downstream of the railway bridge was that the brittle The concept design for the new footbridges was won by architects Their construction was complicated by the need to keep the railway bridge operating without interruptions, the The two new 4-metre (13 ft) wide footbridges were completed in 2002. Four broad chains were In 1976 it was split up again 60/40 and Shell and BP went their own ways again. was purchased by the Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension Footbridge