There's a Prototype for Everything

[zwilnik]

With apologies to the NGS Journal, which has a running photo section in their letters for this too



Oops, the bridge kit wasn't quite long enough. Stuff a slab of something on the end and nobody will notice..

[cycletrak9]

It's a simpler solution than extending the building.

As a matter of interest, where is the location?

[MikeDunn]

Hard to tell from that image, but it appears there used to be another arch ... look at the bottom half of the right-most base.

Damaged in the War ?  Fell apart under a heavy lorry ?  Scavenged for another building by someone not wanting to let strangers into the village ?  Who knows ...

[zwilnik]

It's across the canal leading to the harbour in Bude, Cornwall. One other possibility is the canal was widened and they didn't have the budget to extend the bridge in the same style. There's probably info somewhere for the researchers to find, but it does give us a good excuse in modelling terms when a bridge doesn't quite fit

[talisman56]

http://www.budepeople.co.uk/pictures/Bude-relics-past/pictures-10980830-detail/pictures.html

Another picture of this bridge (Nanny Moore's Bridge) from the opposite angle in picture 21/31. Apparently the mill wheel was accommodated where the concrete span is now...

or:

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-64803-nanny-moore-s-bridge-bude-stratton-

According to this page, the concrete part was originally a lifting span to allow boats passage...

[Oldun]

Found these pictures showing the 'concrete' span used to be a timber section.

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1911

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1909

Roger

[zwilnik]

Good finds! It's always interesting to find the history behind something unusual.

[Trev]

Excellent photos
I love the painted sign on the roof, not something often seen on a model

[Luke Piewalker]

My guess was right! If only I'd actually posted it!!!! 

[Oldun]

My guess was right! If only I'd actually posted it!!!! 

Sorry    

All joking to one side, being retired I have the time to 'google' for pictures

Roger

[Balders]

Here's one from Birmingham.
Symphony Hall and The Hyatt hotel were built at the same time but the connecting bridge was made too small so they had to add a bit on the end (right hand side in the photo)

[cycletrak9]

Not wanting to be anti tech but the Bude bridge was designed to be as it was whereas I suspect that the Birmingham structure was a product of CAD.

[Agrippa]

Does that include God............

[CarriageShed]

Does that include God............

Answering that would require a good deal of philosophy and even more history, and I just can't be bothered :-p

[Agrippa]

The name's God. James God.