This old postcard, issued by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, shows
Both branch line and canal are now gone - although it's hard to imagine such a hand-powered bridge surviving into the current era in any event.Deptford "Lift" Bridge (about half-a-mile from New Cross Station) carrying the Deptford Wharf Branch line over the Grand Surrey Canal. The Bridge is 13 feet wide with a span of 31 feet 6 inches between the vertical cast-iron standards. It is raised to a height of 10 feet by means of chain and wheel gearing worked by hand power for the passage of barges using the canal.
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Presumably that would have been on Surrey Canal Road? Great photo, thanks for sharing!
There is the remains of a similar lift bridge at the Snibston Discovery park in Coalville, Leicester. It was constructed by George Stephenson as part of the Leicster to Swannington Railway opened in 1832. I think it was originally located at West Bridge in Leicester.
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