Middlesbrough

	Middlesbrough's amazing transporter bridge

Middlesbrough - some official left out a 'o' before the 'rough' - is not the most beautiful place in the world, but it does have its share of history, including one of the interesting remnants of the Industrial Revolution - a transporter bridge!

In case you don't know what one of those is, it was a solution to the problem of building a bridge across a river that was in constant use by shipping. It wasn't that the builders were unable to build a bridge sufficiently high, the problem lay in the approaches to such a bridge, which would have to be either incredibly steep or exceedingly long.

The solution was to build a movable bridge - but exactly what that was, you'll have to watch the film to find out.

I'm grateful to my friend Peter Jeynes for making this film and allowing us to use it on NWTV.