Victoria Falls Bridge(1). 빅토이라 폭포(Victoria falls. Mosi-Oa-Tunya). 리빙스턴(Livingstone)

Victoria Falls Bridge(1).

빅토이라 폭포(Victoria falls. Mosi-Oa-Tunya).

리빙스턴(Livingstone). 잠비아 (Zambia)

 

The Victoria Falls Bridge

The Victoria Falls Bridge was a crucial link in the route of the railway north, the planning of which the famous Cecil John Rhodes envisioned.

 

To ensure accuracy in manufacture the bridge was assembled in sections at the Cleveland Bridge Company factory yard in Darlington, England before being shipped to Africa.

 

The main arch of the birdge was joined on 01 April 1905. The two centre girders of the arch were in place by sunset on the 31st March, but they overlapped to the extent of about 1¼

 inches. When work started at sunrise next morning. it was found that the bridge had contracted in the night to the extent of exactly 1¼ inches, the two centre girders had dropped into place and fitted perfectly

 

The official opening ceremony took place on 12th September, 1905. Sir Charles Metcalfe made a welcoming speech and invited the astronomer Professor George Darwin, grandson of Charles Darwin to declare the Victoria Falls Bridge officially open.

 

"I should like to have the spray of the water (of the Victoria Falls) over the carriage"

- Cecil John Rhodes

 

Facts on the Bridge

- The bridge was designed by Mr George Hobson who was a partner of Douglas Fox &

   Partners, London

- The bridge was constructed by the Cleveland Bridge Company

- The chief engineer responsible for the construction of the bridge was Mr. Georges Imbault,

    a Frenchman

- The first train to cross the bridge is thought to have been the Jack Tar.

- The date of the official opening was 12th September 1905 by Professor George Darwin,

    grandson of Charles Darwin.

- At the time of completion the bridge was the highest in the world

- The length of the upper deck of the bridge is 198 metres.

- The span of the arch is 158 metres

- The bridge is 128 metres above the Zambezi at low water.

- The bridge is one of only a few in the world that carries road, rail and pedestrian traffic.

 

The bridge today

- The bridge carries between 120 and 180 freight trains a month

- There is a constant stream of haulage trucks crossing the bridge

- It's estimated that 500,000 people cross the bridge annually.

- The bridge has become a major tourist attraction and is home to Victoria Falls Bridge

   Company who offers that historical bridge tour, 111 m bungee jump, birdge swing,

   bridge slide and the Bridge Cafe.

 

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