historicalarms
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Im thinking a trip to the metal wholesaler and starting with a new plate might be more prudent here.
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A maybe future project, maybe.
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The RCN is known for old outdated equipment but not 115 years old. This piece was made before the Great War.
Ah ok thanks. I was wondering if it was just me. Pics wont enlarge just get a "not found" error.
What IS that style of bridge called? Cantilever? They aren't that common
Neat! ThanksIt's called a bascule bridge.
Bascule bridge - Wikipedia
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Dan Dubeau
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Looks like some sort of column base, or pivoting column base. But no mounting holes has me puzzled. Maybe a cull that never got finished? Regardless, it looks like a fun casting....
No idea what it WAS, but it looks like it has the bones to become a great welding/fab table. I'd take up martins offer to machine it, and Proxules generous offer to transport it in his plane....
If you could also machine the round boss on the underside, and use that as a swivel feature it would be pretty slick!
No idea what it WAS, but it looks like it has the bones to become a great welding/fab table. I'd take up martins offer to machine it, and Proxules generous offer to transport it in his plane....
If you could also machine the round boss on the underside, and use that as a swivel feature it would be pretty slick!
Ding, ding, ding. I knew you'd get it.
This bridge was removed maybe six years ago. Its replacement is the lower structure to the right, rather boring in comparison. The bridge spans the narrow channel between Victorias inner and upper harbours linking Victoria with Vic West and Esquimalt.
I have no idea what the part was, but my guess is it allowed for a small amount of movement between components, rotating ever so slightly on the ball. My guess is that there would have been at least one more. I'm hoping the city archives will have some info or plans on the old bridge. IIRC the bridge was built in 1912.
The tits sticking up out of the top are going to be converted into a one of a kind salt and pepper shaker set for my wifes best friend whose grandfather was one of the bridge operators for a number of years.
Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
Now that I've actually read the whole thread....I see the "ball" part. AND the post about it coming from a bridge.....Speed reading and not paying attention strike again....
Now that I see the ball part I'd be MORE inclined to incorporate it as a tilting feature somehow. Not sure when that would ever come in handy, but it would be cool.
Now that I see the ball part I'd be MORE inclined to incorporate it as a tilting feature somehow. Not sure when that would ever come in handy, but it would be cool.
It's called a bascule bridge.
Bascule bridge - Wikipedia
Crappy picture
I had seen one the other week well off the highway, they stand out because of how unique they are.
Duluth MN has a supposedly rare kind, the bridge lifts on dual posts to allow boat traffic, but I'd swear we have the same style in Welland ON (between Hamilton and Fort Erie)