Art nouveau at Tuckton Bridge
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The photograph on this page of Art nouveau at Tuckton Bridge by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Art nouveau at Tuckton Bridge
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 19 Apr 1969
The decorative supports to the poles holding the overhead wires for the trams, and later trolleybuses, were necessary because the poles had only a short length below pavement level. Sadly the attractive ironwork disappeared following the closure of the trolleybus system. The trolleybus is 285, one of a series of similar vehicles built between 1959 and 1961, including the last trolleybuses built new for service in the UK. It is on its way from Bournemouth to Christchurch. For a slide show of British Trolleybuses in the late 60s http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=1773236&displayclass=slide
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Image Location
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