898811; -1.386928 The Woolston Floating Bridge was a cable ferry that crossed the River Itchen in England between hards at Woolston and Southampton from...
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cross free. A cable ferry served Woolston from 1938 until the opening of the bridge. Prior to the Woolston Floating Bridge, the Itchen ferry boats provided...
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concerns on the effects it would have on navigation. Instead the Woolston Floating Bridge was built which opened in 1836. In 1926, in the context of the...
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Bridge, a high-level toll road bridge connecting the docks area with Woolston. This replaced the Woolston Floating Bridge (a chain ferry) which had previously...
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England: Itchen Ferry village, took its name from the above boat Woolston Floating Bridge, historically referred to as the Itchen Ferry Itchen (disambiguation)...
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the HM-2, was used by Red Funnel between Southampton (near the Woolston Floating Bridge) and Cowes. The world's first car-carrying hovercraft was made...
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Northam Bridge company responded to the opening of the Woolston Floating Bridge by reducing their tolls by three quarters. The wooden Northam Bridge was replaced...
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Saltash across the Tamar, and between Woolston and Southampton across the Itchen. The Woolston Floating Bridge switched from chains to wire ropes between...
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city council, to acquire the running of both the Woolston Floating Bridge, as well as the Northam Bridge. The act also permitted the expansion of the Southampton...
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Crosshouse Road next to the Woolston Floating Bridge ramp; the site is currently under the western end of the Itchen Bridge. During the winter of 1971–72...
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ferry" was also used to describe the Floating Bridge when it was introduced in 1836, to meet greater demand as Woolston expanded and became busier with the...
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the area between Southampton Terminus railway station and the Woolston Floating Bridge, which at the time was an undrained marsh to be developed on by...
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South Hants Hospital is formed. 1836 The Woolston Floating Bridge (Ferry) connects Southampton to Woolston and Portsmouth on the east bank of the River...
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History of Southampton (section Floating Bridge)
being floating bridge number 10, launched in 1928. The floating bridge was opened in 1836 and connected Southampton to Woolston At that time Woolston was...
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would have crossed the river by means of the Itchen ferry and the Woolston Floating Bridge that had been constructed in 1836. By the time of his marriage...
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carry the name, was built in 1968 by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Woolston and operated as a car ferry between Southampton and East Cowes until 1994...
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2012. "Central Bridge Southampton". Railway Structures. Southern E-Group. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012. "Southampton's Central Bridge closes for year...
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operates, albeit much updated. A similar floating bridge was implemented as the Woolston ferry between Woolston, Hampshire and Southampton in 1836. During...
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Gosport Ferry (redirect from Portsmouth Floating Bridge Act 1838)
chain ferry was introduced, to a design similar to that already in use at Woolston. The chain ferry ceased operation in 1959. Upon the takeover in 1963, the...
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Weaver Sluices, accessed by boat, this task is performed by a floating crane. Woolston Siphon Weir, built in 1994 to replace an earlier structure and...
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England. It is located between the districts of Bitterne, Thornhill and Woolston. Various explanations from where the name derives but the most popular...
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England. 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015. Norgate, Martin and Jean (2001). "Mans Bridge". Old Hampshire Gazetteer. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original...
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the River Itchen by the lords of the manors of Woolston and Southampton. Lords of the manor of Woolston were paid in cash. Lords of the manor of Southampton...
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network, with routes going to many places over the City, including the Floating Bridge, Royal Pier, and Millbrook Road. In the earlier days buses were stored...
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at the yard at Woolston, England. In 1966 the company merged with Vosper & Company. The combined company continued production at Woolston, and the ships...
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contentious locally. The Itchen Bridge is a road bridge that charges tolls, connecting the docks area with Woolston. It spans 2,625 ft (800 m) and the...
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In 1839, another new road was built to provide access to the Floating Bridge at Woolston. This new road cut through the centre of Botley Common, opening...
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three-inch gun. Machine guns were mounted in twin mounts on either side of the bridge. The nearest Kriegsmarine parallel to these was the R-301 class of R boats...
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13 dry dock (having relocated there from the old Thornycroft Yard in Woolston, Southampton). Modular construction of warships took place in an interlinked...
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