Just having a little skip through the magic wonderland that is YouTube when I came across this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=byop1qqmXlY
As lovely a piece of ironcasting as I've seen anywhere !
Public park in the States, perhaps ? Ives was an American composer.
Ted
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Thanks Zed...I had that vague idea. Lovely, isn't it ?
Ted
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Check out "gothic bridge" on this page Ted.
www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/arches%202/arches2.html
But you know, nice as they are, they dont match the mother of all cast iron bridges
No 7 on this list
Ironbridge.
www.akademifantasia.org/east-asia/top-10-most-beautiful-bridges-in-the-world/l
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I agree, an elegant early bit of kit....designed by a genius.
Not so elegant but a technical Victorial marvel...still working well.
Just up the road from us....
www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bartonaqueduct.htm
Our familt grave is just by the canal there and me ole mam used to take me to see the aqueduct and the road bridge working on Sunday visits to the grave in the early 50s.
Ted
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Where is it ? - Zero
