Great British Landmark Fixers: Edinburgh North Bridge
Edinburgh Bridge arches above Waverley, the second busiest station in the whole of Britain. A technological marvel in its day, the Victorian bridge was built in1897 out of the cutting-edge materials of its time after the old stone bridge fell down.
The team build a Protection Deck: more than 300km of scaffolding cover the whole bridge, encasing it in an exoskeleton of constantly changing steel as the scaffold team abseil down to reconfigure it on a daily basis, reshaping it to fit the needs of the project.
Remarkable feats of British engineering require remarkable levels of maintenance and repairs to keep them in their grandiose state.
With incredible levels of access to some key restoration and maintenance projects on some of Britain’s most well-known buildings and structures, this series shows the detailed knowledge, craftsmanship and engineering ingenuity that is necessary to keep these important British monuments standing.
Season 1 Episode 2
Runtime: 60 minutes
Time: 20:00
Airdate: 29 Nov 2021
Network: Yesterday