Victorian Engineering.

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Just how much do we depend on it. Sat watching the news today re the potential dam collapse. The talk was, it was built in the Victorian times. In essence it is made of mud and clay. State of the art back in the day. But, dams, canals, railways, sewers and am sure etc etc. Surely it was not built for today's capacity. So just how much do we take for granted re the Victorian engineering and is the brass there to upgrade said systems.
Thoughts me dears.
 
Depends on where you go I guess Tashy. London still has a large number railway lines and stations being upgraded as I can't take the strain. Kent has a hell of a lot of Victorian waters mains which companies are trying to sort out. Bridges still in use in ma y places etc.

Like akk things for a long time I guess it was a case of if its not broke don't fix it. But with modern society putting more strain on the remaining Victorian infrastructures we do have the problems are arising at a much quicker rate than repair or replacement can manage. As for funding do we have it, most likely not in the current climate no not to make significant changes but they'll continue to slowly improve I guess at what rate that is who knows..
 
Huge amounts of the sewage tunnels in big cities are Victorian still. Their foresight was stunning, building in capacity for growth that could never have been foreseen.
 
Having just returned from a Narrow boat holiday on the Llangollen Canal, we went over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct twice, this magnificent structure is pre Victorian and a world heritage site and still going strong over 200 years later. Similar but smaller aqueduct at Chirk right next to the much bigger Victorian railway bridge (built bigger to show the superiority of the railway).

Plenty of other older classic examples of great engineering like Ironbridge.

And if anyone is in Bristol, the SS Great Britain and new Brunel museum is well worth a visit 👍
 
Just think 'cast iron bridge' and it will remind you of just how many Victorian era bridges etc we depend on.

Clifton Suspension Bridge
Royal Albert Bridge (Railway across the Tamar)
 
PhilTheFragger said:
Having just returned from a Narrow boat holiday on the Llangollen Canal, we went over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct twice, this magnificent structure is pre Victorian and a world heritage site and still going strong over 200 years later. Similar but smaller aqueduct at Chirk right next to the much bigger Victorian railway bridge (built bigger to show the superiority of the railway).

Plenty of other older classic examples of great engineering like Ironbridge.

And if anyone is in Bristol, the SS Great Britain and new Brunel museum is well worth a visit 👍
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Good old Isambard must be one of the greatest Brits - his legacy will hopefully continue to live on , the mastermind of the industrial revolution

Another place worth a visit is Ironbridge
 
We are lucky to have such wonderful heritage, to be preserved, enjoyed used (it still works).

Some of the not so great things do cause us some issues, good at the time maybe but not so much in the world we have in 2019...

Would we be better without it? No way!
 
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