Charnhill Bridge
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To Bristol: Tewell Hill
To Bath or the North: Bridge Road
1960s
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A local service from Bath approaches Charnhill Bridge... © Clive Moore
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...and heads off for Bristol. The lineside hut is beside the advance signal for the junction at Mangotsfield, which is where the Signal Road (on the right in the pic) got its name from. Also of interest. Between the lineside hut and the garage-type building is a low area that used to be a siding access into an old quarry that got buried by a Mangotsfield council depot. © Clive Moore
2005
24.3.05
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The 2005 view towards Bath © Clive Moore
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And the view towards Bristol. In the 60s the inside of the bridge was clad in 6' high timbers and the lattice work wasn't visible. © Clive Moore
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The view from the bridge itself. Towards Bristol. © Clive Moore
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And the view towards Bath. © Clive Moore
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A view of the bridge itself. © Clive Moore
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The bridge pier carries the date 1900. © Clive Moore