Joe Anderson and Ian Pollit cutting the ribbon
The historic Bascule bridge on the Dock Road in Liverpool, which has been closed since 2008, was reopened on 25th August 2010 by Liverpool councilor Joe Anderson and Ian Pollitt from Peel Holdings who were responsible for refurbishing it.
The ribbon cutting ceremony took place around mid-day.
The machinery in the control room above the bridge…
The control room for the Bascule Bridge.
More images of the bridge and the Dock area can be viewed Here
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Letterpool is a project undertaken by several photographers based in the Merseyside area together with Switchmedia who produced the book which is based on typography used throughout the city of Liverpool over the ages.
The book won a Gold Award in the Fresh Creative Awards 2009 for best use of Typography
A sample of my images used in the book…
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