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Hall Park View, WORKINGTON, CA14 4AG

An old bridge altered to take more traffic and cycleway and footpath. This bridge, also known as Calva Bridge was severely damaged by floods 20 - 22 November 2009, is closed and scheduled for demolition.

Looking along Hall Brow, a row of terraced houses line the right hand side of the street.

Looking downstream along the River Derwent from Calva Bridge.

Calve bridge carries road traffic across the River Derwent at the eastern edge of Workington. The bridge carries an identical inscription on stones on both sides of the structure. It reads: WORKINGTON BRIDGE BUILT A.D. 1841 THOMAS MILTON CIVIL ENGINEER THOMAS NELSON BUILDER The bridge is grade II listed and it's page on the English Heritage website is here: http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1327212

For information, see Image .

An interesting collection of white-painted buildings protected by razor wire, next to the River Derwent on a lane called the Black Path. Thanks to a photographer on Flickr (Russell_w_b, Cumbria's Industrial Past http://www.flickr.com/photos/russell_w_b/378788734/in/set-72157603792487742/ ) we learned that this was the United Steel pumping station, which supplied cooling water to the Derwent blast furnaces (now gone).

The bridge was closed in late November 2009, when it became unstable following severe floods. This photo was taken several months later, when repairs were in progress - for more information see Image .

The bridge was so badly damaged when the River Derwent flooded in November 2009, it was thought collapse or demolition was inevitable. Part of the central pier was washed away, causing the deck to drop by about 1ft and twist out of shape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Workington_%27Calva%27_Bridge._Collapsed_Navvies_visible_(photo-_Andy_V_Byers).JPG . Engineers decided it could be repaired, but it would be a delicate operation. This photo shows an access causeway constructed on the upstream side of the bridge, with pipes incorporated to maintain river flow. The bridge was built in 1841 and is a Grade II listed structure http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=72281 . Named Workington Bridge, when it was the main road bridge into the town, now usually called Calva Bridge due to its location.

A sign on the hut says "Soapery, Workington. Wastewater Pumping Station".

Over the River Derwent. Foreground riverbank shows evidence of the 2005 flooding.