Bridgescape As an Assessment Tool in the Socio- Spatial and Visual Connections of the Central Urban Areas of Newcastle and Gateshead
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Bridges Over the Tyne Session Plan
Bridges over the Tyne Session Plan There are seven bridges over the Tyne between central Newcastle and Gateshead but there have been a number of bridges in the past that do not exist anymore. However the oldest current bridge, still standing and crossing the Tyne is actually at Corbridge, built in 1674. Pon Aelius is the earliest known bridge. It dates from the Roman times and was built in the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian at the same time as Hadrian’s Wall around AD122. It was located where the Swing Bridge is now and would have been made of wood possibly with stone piers. It last- ed until the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century. Two altars can be seen in the Great North Museum to Neptune and Oceanus. They are thought to have been placed next to the bridge at the point where the river under the protection of Neptune met the tidal waters of the sea under the protection of Oceanus. The next known bridge was the Medieval Bridge. Built in the late 12th century, it was a stone arched bridge with huge piers. The bridge had shops, houses, a chapel and a prison on it. It had towers with gates a drawbridge and portcullis reflecting its military importance. The bridge collapsed during the great flood of 1771, after three days of heavy rain, with a loss of six lives. You can still see the remains of the bridge in the stone archways on both the Newcastle and Gateshead sides of the river where The Swing Bridge is today. -
The Angel's Way Route Seaton Sluice to Chester-Le-Street
Northern Saints Trails The Angel’s Way Seaton Sluice to Chester-le-Street 49 kms, 30.5 miles Introduction The Angel’s Way is an important link in the network of the Northern Saints Trails. This route between Seaton Sluice and Chester-le-Street means that there is a continuous 114 mile route between Lindisfarne and Durham, using St Oswald’s Way as far as Warkworth, The Way of the Sea from Warkworth to Seaton Sluice and after The Angel’s Way, Cuddy’s Corse (which is also part of The Way of Learning) from Chester-le-Street to Durham. All the Northern Saints Trails use the waymark shown here. In two parts, from near Holywell to Camperdown and from Bowes Railway Path to West Urpeth, the route follows The Tyne & Wear Heritage Way which is well signed and the waymark is also shown here. The route is divided into 4 sections, 3 of which are between 13 to 14 kilometres or 8 to 8.5 miles in length and section 3 from Millennium Bridge to The Angel of the North is just 8 kilometres or 5 miles. The route is of course named after the iconic Angel of the North designed by Antony Gormley. Since it was erected in 1998, it has quickly become Britain’s best known sculpture. When he designed the sculpture Gormley deliberately angled the wings 3.5 degrees forward to create what he described as “a sense of embrace”. This ties in with the protective concept of the guardian angel and if you want to engage with that theme as you journey on The Angel’s Way, perhaps this prayer will be appropriate: Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day, be at my side, to light and guard rule and guide. -
Bridges Key Stage 2 Thematic Unit
Bridges Key Stage 2 Thematic Unit Supporting the Areas of Learning and STEM Contents Section 1 Activity 1 Planning Together 3 Do We Need Activity 2 Do We Really Need Bridges? 4 Bridges? Activity 3 Bridges in the Locality 6 Activity 4 Decision Making: Cantilever City 8 Section 2 Activity 5 Bridge Fact-File 13 Let’s Investigate Activity 6 Classifying Bridges 14 Bridges! Activity 7 Forces: Tension and Compression 16 Activity 8 How Can Shapes Make a Bridge Strong? 18 Section 3 Activity 9 Construction Time! 23 Working with Activity 10 Who Builds Bridges? 25 Bridges Activity 11 Gustave Eiffel: A Famous Engineer 26 Activity 12 Building a Bridge and Thinking Like an Engineer 28 Resources 33 Suggested Additional Resources 60 This Thematic Unit is for teachers of Key Stage 2 children. Schools can decide which year group will use this unit and it should be presented in a manner relevant to the age, ability and interests of the pupils. This Thematic Units sets out a range of teaching and learning activities to support teachers in delivering the objectives of the Northern Ireland Curriculum. It also supports the STEM initiative. Acknowledgement CCEA would like to thank The Institution of Civil Engineers Northern Ireland (ICE NI) for their advice and guidance in the writing of this book. Cover image © Thinkstock Do We Need Bridges? Planning together for the theme. Discovering the reasons for having, and the impact of not having, bridges. Writing a newspaper report about the impact of a missing bridge. Researching bridges in the locality. Grouping and classifying bridges. -
Metallic Bridges Str403
METALLIC BRIDGES STR403 Sherif A. Mourad Professor of Steel Structures and Bridges Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University Lecture 1 – February 2020 Sherif A. Mourad 1 Introduction Course: STR403 Instructors: Prof. Sherif Ahmed Mourad. Prof. Mohammed Hassanein Soror. Lecture: Monday 8:30-10:00 or 10:15-11:45 Grading: 70% final 15% midterm 15% term work Sherif A. Mourad 2 STR403 - Metallic Bridges Winter 2020 1 Introduction Why a course in steel bridge design? Sherif A. Mourad 3 Lecture Outline • Definition of a bridge. • Historical background. • Bridge forms. • Classification of bridges (Structural system, Material of construction, Use, Position, Span, …). • Design considerations. • Course outline. Sherif A. Mourad 4 STR403 - Metallic Bridges Winter 2020 2 Definition of a Bridge A bridge is a structure that carries a service (which may be highway or railway traffic, a footpath, public utilities, etc.) over an obstacle (which may be another road or railway, a river, a valley, etc.), and then transfers the loads from the service via the superstructure through the bridge substructure to the foundation level. Sherif A. Mourad 5 Definition of a Bridge Sherif A. Mourad 6 STR403 - Metallic Bridges Winter 2020 3 Historical background The historical development of bridges best illustrates the progress of structural engineering from ancient times up to the present century. In particular the development in steel bridges equates with the progress in structural analysis, theory of strength of materials and materials testing, since all of them were increasingly stimulated by the need for bridging larger spans and building more economically with the new construction method. Sherif A. Mourad 7 Historical background The simplest type of a bridge is stepping stones, so this may have been one of the earliest types. -
Revised Forth Yards Development Framework
Forth Yards Opportunity Site DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK January 2020 Kath Lawless BSc(Hons) MSc MRTPI, Assistant Director Planning Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH Forth Yards Development Framework (January 2020) 1 Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. The Sites 5 3. Historical Development 6 4. Existing Planning Permissions 10 5. Development Scenarios 11 6. Site Analysis 12 7. Planning Policy for the Area 13 8. Contextual Views and the Tyne Gorge Study 15 9. Existing Site Features 16 10. Development Design Principles 17 11. Tackling Climate Change 18 12. Landscape, Ecology and Green Infrastructure 19 13. Open Space and Active Design 20 14. Water Infrastructure 21 15. Social Infrastructure 22 16. Utilities Infrastructure 22 17. Transportation Improvements 23 18. All Sites: Area Wide Delivery Requirements 26 19. Site by Site Delivery Requirements 27 20. Forth Yards Infrastructure Interventions 30 21. Infrastructure Delivery Plan and Contributions 32 22. Contributions to Site Wide Infrastructure 33 23. Further Reading 34 Contact: [email protected] Aerial View of the Forth Yards Area, Circa 2008 Forth Yards Development Framework (January 2020) 3 1. Introduction The Forth Yards Area presents an exciting opportunity to deliver a landmark gateway into Newcastle upon Tyne, with a vibrant mixture of uses and a linked green infrastructure network at its heart. High quality buildings and spaces will enhance the distinctive characteristics of the Tyne Gorge, with sustainable transport connections to the City Centre, Quayside and wider area. Forth Yards Location The Forth Yards area covers 21 hectares. The River Tyne provides its southern boundary and the former Newcastle-Carlisle rail line largely defining the areas northern boundary. -
Download Historical Engineering Works in North East England Leaflet
Durham County has many HEWs of signifi cance but ICE North East has produced a number of leafl ets the city itself has one of the world’s fi nest buildings exemplifying the unique, historical and important bridges and a great engineering feat, Durham Cathedral, across the North East. Publications are held in Tourist which is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Information Centres across the region and are available to download at www.ice.org.uk/northeast. Durham City is also the location for several other HEWs including the fi ne Prebends Bridge (HEW 1966), built following the great fl ood of 1771. Robert Stephenson trail This leafl et and the places you can visit give an Historical Engineering Works It is perhaps remarkable to note that one of the insight into the background of Robert Stephenson’s greatest 20th century engineers, Sir Ove Arup, upbringing, education, early career and creation of in North East England who was responsible for the Sydney Opera House, impressive engineering structures which remain in regarded one of his fi nest works to be Kingsgate daily use as part of life in the North East. Bridge (HEW 178), a footbridge over the River Wear in Durham City. Bridges over the Tees The unusual, impressive and noteworthy structures across the River Tees are highlighted in this publication including iconic structures such as the Grade II listed Transporter Bridge and award winning Infi nity Bridge. Historic border bridges This leafl et provides an insight into the historic signifi cance of the magnifi cent border bridges. The list Durham Cathedral of bridges in this beautiful county of Northumberland is endless but the nine bridges included are particularly impressive structures worthy of note. -
Architecture February 4, 2012
Outline of Architecture February 4, 2012 Contents ARTS>Art>Architecture .................................................................................................................................................... 1 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts ...................................................................................................................... 1 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts>Arch ....................................................................................................... 2 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts>Basement ............................................................................................... 2 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts>Beam...................................................................................................... 2 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts>Column .................................................................................................. 3 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts>Door ....................................................................................................... 4 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts>Floor ...................................................................................................... 5 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts>Furnace .................................................................................................. 5 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building Parts>Greek Temple ........................................................................................ 5 ARTS>Art>Architecture>Building -
The River Tyne
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Use Style: Paper Title
AUTOMATED FOOT BRIDGE FOR RAILWAY STATION (SMART WAY OF CROSSING TRACKS) Prof. Harish C. Ringe1, Prof. Anushree B. Chaudhari2, Prof. Chitra E. Ghodke3 1,2,3Civil Engineering Dept.,Csmss College of Polytechnic, Aurangabad ABSTRACT This Paper will explain use of Automated Foot Bridge in Railway station to overcome the problem of passing tracks (from one platform to another) in less time period with less efforts, Automated Foot bridge is designed to overcome the accidental problems occurring on the railway stations during passengers crossing the railway tracks and also it will help to transport the goods from one platform to another. Keywords—Automated Foot Bridge,Railway Station, Accidental Problems I. INTRODUCTION As India is fast growing country we are trying to develop our transportation system to fulfill the need of population and as we knows train is one of the best mode of transportation to travel from one place to another, but when time comes to use this mode of transportation people are being irritated due to the crowd and the systems adopted at railway stations to reach on platforms from one to another. And to avoid the time consumption and efforts many of the people choose to reach the platform by crossing the track directly and due to this many of the time accidents occur and many of the people lose their life. According to http://wonderfulmumbai.com website 10 people die every day in railway accidents in Mumbai. 36,152 people have died and 36,688 injured on Mumbai’s Suburban (Local) Trains, from 2002 to 2012. Of the 36,152 deaths, 15,053 occurred on Mumbai’s Western Railway line and 21,099 occurred on Mumbai’s Central Railway. -
Virtual Reality Urban Modelling - an Overview
Virtual Reality Urban Modelling - An Overview Emine Mine Thompson Margaret Horne David Fleming School of the Built Environment School of the Built Environment School of the Built Environment Northumbria University Northumbria University Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Newcastle upon Tyne, UK [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Abstract This paper offers an overview of the increasing use of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies for the simulation of urban environments. It provides a summary of cities worldwide where three-dimensional computer modelling is being utilised to aid urban planning. The study considers the need for a digital representation of cities and raises issues pertaining to advantages, barriers and ownership. A case study of a pilot project on the visualisation of Newcastle upon Tyne is examined to show an approach adopted for the representation of this city in North East England. The process of this visualisation is summarised and future research is outlined in relation to this city model. Keywords Virtual Reality, 3D Modelling, Visualisation, Ownership, City Models, Town Planning, Newcastle upon Tyne England. 1. INTRODUCTION rate and objective to the cause, we call this Forensic The modelling of an urban environment, from aerial Modelling. view maps of medieval times to more accurate city “The importance of 3D reconstruction of buildings, plan projections of Renaissance to inexpensively pro- cities and urban landscapes is becoming more recog- duced-standardised, printed 2D maps of 19th Century nized and acknowledged” (Horne M, 2004). Urban is not a new concept. Over the centuries these 2D planners are making use of computer technology for plans and representations and maps made for different many reasons, and research areas have been classified purpose have helped develop our cities. -
Bridges and Quaysides 6 I I I 7 I Mı I I I I 58 I I I I
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Newcastle City Council and Gateshead Council Green Infrastructure Study – River Tyne Report
Newcastle City Council and Gateshead Council Green Infrastructure Study – River Tyne Report September 2011 Page 1 February 2011 Third-Party Disclaimer Any disclosure of this report to a third-party is subject to this disclaimer. The report was prepared by Entec at the instruction of, and for use by, our client named on the front of the report. It does not in any way constitute advice to any third-party who is able to access it by any means. Entec excludes to the fullest extent lawfully permitted all liability whatsoever for any loss or damage howsoever arising from reliance on the contents of this report. We do not however exclude our liability (if any) for personal injury or death resulting from our negligence, for fraud or any other matter in relation to which we cannot legally exclude liability. Page ii August 2011 This report has been written for Newcastle City and Newcastle City Council Gateshead Councils by Entec and forms part of the evidence base for the joint Core Strategy, the Green and Gateshead Council Infrastructure Delivery Plans and the Infrastructure Delivery Plan. The work has been funded by Growth Point, through Bridging NewcastleGateshead. Green Infrastructure Study – Main Contributors River Tyne Report John Pomfret Rebecca Evans September 2011 Kay Adams Andy Cocks Anita Hogan Jane Lancaster Laura Black Donna Warren Entec UK Limited Robin Cox Issued by John Pomfret Entec UK Limited Council officers steering this project: Nina Barr, Gables House Derek Hilton-Brown and Theo van Looij Kenilworth Road (Newcastle City Council); Peter Bell and Clive Leamington Spa Gowlett (Gateshead Council).