Lost Bridge of Armley

Si · Post by Si » Fri 19 Feb, 2010 2:23 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Has someone broken it again? Just trying to post the 1908 map, Cardi. Bear with me...

Si · Post by Si » Fri 19 Feb, 2010 2:25 pm

Et voila!!!

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Fri 19 Feb, 2010 2:33 pm

Thanks.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Fri 19 Feb, 2010 5:06 pm

Maybe one or more of the arches were used for storage and the bridge was used for access.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Fri 19 Feb, 2010 5:09 pm

Or possibly access through the arch to the canal side? Will need to have a closer look!

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Fri 19 Feb, 2010 5:14 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Or possibly access through the arch to the canal side? Will need to have a closer look! Could be, there's Burley Vale Mills at the other side so wool/cotton coming up the navvy from Liverpool could be handballed through the arches and over the bridge straight into the mill.

jim · Post by **jim** » Mon 19 Apr, 2010 3:23 pm

Notice another missing bridge-- the railway siding access to the corporation yard, near the eastern border of the map.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 19 Apr, 2010 3:41 pm

There's another thread about that. http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... ghLight=1I got very cold and wet getting a picture of the abutment. i didn't fall in the river but there was a lot of sleet flying around.;-D

jim · Post by **jim** » Mon 19 Apr, 2010 4:09 pm

Thanks for that Cardiarms, us newcomers always have a lot of catching up to do!

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 19 Apr, 2010 4:14 pm

I'd walked doen the canal towpath many times and noticed how flat the river bank was at this point. I presumed it was due to engineering the canal but it wasn't until I started spending too much time here that i found out there was a railway down there!