42 The Future – in 1945 Hull’s River Bridges:  The Impounding of the River Hull – Lutyens & Abercrombie A Plan for the City and County of Kingston Upon Hull “The River Hull is just as important …

It's time for the last chapter of 'Hull's River Bridges'. Have you heard about the plan to impound the River Hull? Find out here: openbridgeshull.com/2025/10/03/4...
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39 The Broken Orchestra Hull’s River Bridges:  The Broken Orchestra The Broken Orchestra is a UK-based creative collective, founded by musicians and producers Pat Dooner and Carl Conway-Davis in Hull around 2010. Or…

Hull's River Bridges: Great to link up with @The Broken Orchestra known for their river inspired ambient soundscapes, soundtracks, audio walking tours, sci-fi dramas, and live performances. Explore more:
openbridgeshull.com/2025/10/02/3...

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20 South Bridge Hull South Bridge Company 1886 South Bridge is somewhat of an enigma. It crossed the river roughly where the tidal barrier is, as can be traced through Victoria Dock’s South Bridge Road to li…

Hull's River Bridges: South Bridge crossed the river roughly where the tidal barrier is. We have an original poster published in 1886, showing tolls payable for bridge crossers: openbridgeshull.com/2025/10/02/2...
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25 Richard Duffy-Howard – Engines and Insects Hull’s River Bridges:  Engines and Insects – Richard Duffy-Howard Engines and Insects started life with the hydraulics in the spine of Scale Bridge in 2017. The idea is not ne…

Hull's River Bridges: Engines and Insects started life with the hydraulics in the spine of Scale Bridge in 2017. See what it looks like to you at the link:
openbridgeshull.com/2025/10/01/2...

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19 Millennium Bridge Hull’s River Bridges:  Millennium Swing Bridge Millennium Bridge is a bicycle and pedestrian single leaf, fan arranged cable-stayed, bascule bridge. (Source: Structurae) It is situa…

Hull's River Bridges - it's the turn of a single leaf, fan arranged cable-stayed, bascule bridge today.
...Yes, it's Millennium Bridge:
openbridgeshull.com/2025/10/01/1...
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33 Playing the Bridge – Part 2 Hull’s River Bridges:  Nye Parry and Madi Boyd Playing the Bridge was an inventive collaboration which transformed Hull’s Scale Lane Bridge into an interactive musical instrument as part…

Playing the Bridge was an inventive collaboration which transformed Hull’s Scale Lane Bridge into an interactive musical instrument. Have a look and a listen at the link:
openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/30/3...
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18 Myton Bridge Hull’s River Bridges:  Myton SWing Bridge 1980 Myton Bridge is a two-span single-pylon cable-stayed steel construction swing bridge designed by Freeman Fox and built by Redpath Dorm…

It's Myton Bridge's turn today, carrying six lanes of traffic on the A63. See it in construction, at completion and working in today's Hull's River Bridges post:
openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/30/1...
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31 Scale Lane Bridge Construction – Jonathan McDowell Hull’s River Bridges:  Jonathan McDowell – Scale Lane Bridge, Design & Construction Some memories of the genesis of the distinctive form of Scale Lane Bridge, which won Mc…

Hull's River Bridges: Memories and imposing photos of the genesis of the distinctive form of Scale Lane Bridge Hull, by architect Jonathan McDowell. Go behind the scenes at the link: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/29/3...
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17 Scale Lane Bridge Hull’s River Bridges:  Scale Lane Swing Bridge A good introduction to the latest of Hull’s River Bridges, at Scale Lane Staithe, is from the City Council’s Tourism page: “Th…

Hull's River Bridges: It's Scale Lane Bridge in the spotlight today, and here's the SLB computer in the control room.

openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/29/1...

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23 Drypool Bridge Crashes 1977 Pete Curry and George Parkes Pete Curry was the council’s Structures and Safety Manager and Bridge Engineer who co-ordinated and controlled the raising, closing and swinging of all the bridges for …

Drypool Bridge Crashes! Have a look at the link:
openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/28/2...

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16 Drypool Bridge – The Engineer 1890 Hull’s River Bridges: Drypool Bridge, The Engineer 1890 The original bridge linking west and east Hull at Drypool was also known as Salthouse Lane Bridge. The article below, along with t…

Hull's River Bridges: The original bridge at Drypool, Hull was also known as Salthouse Lane Bridge. See the original article and engravings from The Engineer in 1890: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/28/1...:
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32 Playing the Bridge – Part 1 Hull’s River Bridges:  Nye Parry and Madi Boyd Playing the Bridge was an artistic commission and performance devised by bridge architect Jonathan McDowell and composer Nye Parry who are …

Hull's River Bridges: Scale Lane Bridge became a huge musical instrument in this art and music performance. Have a look and a listen here: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/27/3...
#Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges @HullMaritime @Hullhistorynews @hull_libraries

15 Old Drypool Hull’s River Bridges:  Old Drypool 1889 There are a number of photographs of the original Drypool bridge, along with wonderful plans and description in the Engineer from 1890. However the ima…

Hull's River Bridges: Who remembers the old Drypool Bridge? See Frank Drasdo's remarkable photos at the link: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/27/1... #Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges
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40 Angus Young – North Bridge HHull’s River Bridges:  Angus Young – My Favourite BRIDge There’s something about a river and its bridges which fascinates me. Perhaps it’s because I grew up in Gateshead and would gaze…

Hull's River Bridges: Journalist Angus Young, describes his favourite bridge and photograph of possibly the first tram to cross North Bridge from west to east when the bridge first opened in 1931. It’s a great photograph and story openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/25/4...
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36 Les Reid – Between Bridges Hull’s River Bridges:  Between Bridges – Les Reid Les Reid runs Newark’s unique Heritage Barge ‘Leicester Trader’. It is the last Trent size cargo barge built to fit the old locks of th…

Les Reid talks about what ‘between bridges’ means to the people who worked barges on the River Hull. Great photos and 1960s cine film here: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/24/3...
This photo c1960s by Frank Drasdo #Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges
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12 Old North Bridge North Bridge 1870 The old North Bridge was given a nice send off in the Souvenir Programme of the new North Bridge on 10th August 1931, it read: “The existing North Bridge over the River Hull…

Hull's River Bridges: Old North is today’s daily bridge post, it includes 19th century photographs and maps and the proposed ‘Scheme D’ to replace it from 1925: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/24/1...
#Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges

29 Fred Leason – Painting the Bridges 1966 Hull’s River Bridges:  Painting the Bridges in 1966 by Fred Leason “I was a painter for Hull Corporation for about six years or so, in the sixties. I painted anything. Parks was a good j…

Hull's River Bridges: Fred’s story emerged from restoring an old photo of Fred standing precariously on the top of North Bridge, painting it with his mate Baz in 1966. See his story at the link: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/23/2...
#Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges

11 North Bridge Hull’s River Bridges:  The New North Bridge 1931 North Bridge is a Scherzer rolling bascule bridge, designed by City Engineer, T Thomas in 1927, built by the Widnes Foundry (1925) Ltd., with …

Today’s featured Bridge is North Bridge, the 1931 version. Original contract plans include details of the operating arms and tide gauges, and previously unpublished photographs. openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/23/1...
#Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges

10 Scott Street Bridge Hull’s River Bridges:  Scott Street Bridge The original Scott Street Bridge plans date from 1900 and show a beautiful attention to detail. The diagram showing access to the nose bol…

The original Scott Street Bridge plans date from 1900 and show a beautiful attention to detail. You can see them, together with some stunning photos from the 70s and 80s in today's 'Hull's River Bridges' post: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/21/1...
#Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges

26 A Lighterman’s View – Keith Eastwood and Trevor Branton Hull’s River Bridges:  Keith and Trevor – Lightermen Keith and Trevor were Lightermen. They both joined the lighterage in Hull in 1960 and operated dumb barges (lighters), tha…

Meet Keith and Trevor, lightermen since 1960 with an entertaining insight into their times on the river and negotiating its bridges. Brig Oy! openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/20/2...
#Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges

28 Humber Film – Open Bridges 2017 Hull’s River Bridges:  Open Bridges The Day the City Split in Two We commisioned Humber Film Creative Community and Octovision Media to make the Open Bridges film. It was filmed by …

The Open Bridges film, made by 16 film Humber Filmmakers and a drone on the night shows how Open Bridges made history in 2017. You can see it here accompanied by John Stead's musique concrète soundtrack openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/19/2...
#Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges

It's been great to see so many visitors taking part in our rooftop tours as part of the Heritage Open Days programme! 🌤️

We hope you all had a great time!

#TheDeepHull #Aquarium #RooftopTours #HullWhatsOn #WhatsOnYorkshire #Heritage #HeritageTours #HeritageOpenDays #HODS #HODS2025

8 Sculcoates Bridge Hull’s River Bridges:  Sculcoates Bridge 1875 “In exercise of powers vested in them by the ‘Local Government Supplemental Act 1871 (No.4)’, the Board of Trade approve of the bridge which the …

Sculcoates Bridge aka Chapman St is Grade II listed and it is the oldest bridge in the city. Check out the low down in today's 'Hull's River Bridges' post: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/19/8...
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37 Gary Saunt – Dreamscapes Hull’s River Bridges:  Gary Saunt’s Dreamscapes Gary Saunt is a son of Grimsby, where in his youth he worked in the family smoke house business. He spent some of his free time in amateu…

In the spotlight this evening, Gary Saunt's surreal and miraculous river. See what's going on at the link: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/18/3...
#Hull #Bridges #Wilmington #HODS #OpenBridges

7 Old Wilmington Bridge 1853 Hull’s River Bridges: Wilmington SWing Bridge, 1853 This was the original wrought iron railway swing bridge, erected by Thomas Cabry in 1853, to carry the Victoria, or East Dock, Railway…

Wilmington again to day - but a different Wilmington altogether, 175 years ago: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/18/7...
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35 Michael Pinsky – Symposium Hull’s River Bridges: Michael Pinsky – Symposium at Wilmington Bridge “Michael Pinsky is a British artist whose international projects challenge the status quo on climate cha…

Who remembers Michael Pinsky's car when it got cut in half by Wilmington Bridge? Have a look at the link: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/17/3...
#Hull #Bridges #Wilmington #HODS

Continuing the Heritage Open Days theme of architecture, here's plans for the former Haymarket Picture House and Restaurant in Norwich from 1924. @norfolkhods #hods

Discover the story of this Norfolk village at Heritage Open Days event Every village in Norfolk has a story to tell.

“Every village in Norfolk has a story to tell.” Wonderful to see Heather Etteridge’s #OnePlaceStudy – and her OPS exhibition this coming weekend – featured in the Eastern Daily Press! Check out Great Ellingham, Norfolk, is telling its village history🔗 on the EDP website. #OnePlaceWednesday

As part of @HeritageOpenDays we are currently running daily tours. We still have places left for tomorrows. If you are interested please get in touch and come explore some of Hull's history though the archives.
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6 Wilmington Bridge Hull’s River Bridges: Wilmington Railway Swing Bridge, 1907, Wincolmlee Hull City Records Office (TSJ 28) describes Wilmington as: “a swing railway bridge, now a footbridge, spanning the…

We all love Wilmington Bridge! Have a look inside: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/17/6...
#Hull #Bridges #Wilmington #HODS