Transporter Bridges: An Illustrated History

This volume of original and historic photographs captures the story of the ingenious bridges that carried us from the Victorian era into modern times.

With their moveable platforms designed to traverse busy waterways, Transporter Bridges served a brief but vital need from the late 19th century into the early 20th. Though many were planned, the huge increase in road transport quickly rendered them obsolete. In the end, fewer than thirty were ever completed across the world, with only nine st...