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Clifton Suspension Bridge: Meet the Engineers
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Leigh Woods, Bristol, BS8 3PA
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Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust is working on a landmark project to protect the bridge's 180-year-old suspension chains. Meet the intrepid team ‘walking the chains’ to hand paint the bridge’s 4,200 individual links.
Over the next two years, Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust is working with engineering specialists Taziker on a landmark project to protect the bridge's 180-year-old suspension chains. Join us this Heritage Open Day weekend to meet the intrepid team undertaking the age-old process of ‘walking the chains’ to hand paint the bridge’s 4,200 individual links.*
Drop into the Clifton Hub (BS8 4DU) to see an exhibition of tools and photographs of the work so far; meet our team of 'Explainers' on the bridge and ask them about maintenance past and present; or book onto a 'Meet the Engineer' talk and find out how the team stay safe working on the chains 100 metres above the high tide mark.
Pre-booking is required for 'Meet the Engineer' talks, taking place on both days at 1100, 1200, 1400 and 1500.
*There will be No ACCESS to the work site or bridge chains during this experience due to health and safety constraints.
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