Talk:Dorman Long

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Tyne Bridge Vs Sydney Harbour Bridge

This article contradicts the one on the Tyne Bridge page. It states (The Sydney Harbour Bridge)"...was partly modelled on the Tyne Bridge". However the Tyne Bridge article states "The Tyne Bridge was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson who based their design on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York... and the Sydney Harbour Bridge"

If the dates given in the article are correct then either the Tyne Bridge was modelled off the Sydney Harbour bridge (Sydney Harbour bridge was designed in 1916, no date is given for the design of the Tyne Bridge but plans were approved in 1924) or both were modelled off the Hell Gate Bridge which was completed in 1916 It cannot be that the Sydney Harbour bridge was modelled off the Tyne Bridge which started construction much later (albeit finished earlier) Harani66 (talk) 19:25, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

It is just as you say, Harani66 - but compare the designs: Hell Gate & Sydney Harbour bridges are essentially the same shape, Tyne Bridge is quite distinct. The two bigger bridges have their inner arch meeting the ground with the outer arch levelling off to end up pointing at the pylons (not structurally joined to the pylons in either case). The arches of the Tyne bridge meet at ground level. I am sure the two facts, that Dorman Long was contractor for Sydney Harbour & Tyne bridges and that the Tyne bridge was finished first have given this myth believability but you only have to look at the structures themselves.Moletrouser (talk) 19:18, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Earliest Bridges

This is a question, there is a bridge around my area made around my area which was built by Dorman Long and was built in 1883. Were they building bridges (Not little footpath bridges or little bridges in general) before 1883 and if not, was this their first? Glaramara12 22:13, 26 september (UTC)

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Historic England

The Dorman Long tower was listed, and linked to the relevant Historic England webpage. Then it was unlisted, the webpage disappeared (they don't seem to keep a list of previously listed items), and some but not all, of the Historic England references were redirected to the Wayback Machine's archive copy. There is at least one that slipped through: 1955 on the timeline. I have tried to redirect it, but it only made a mess so I have left well alone. Can anyone correct it tidily?--Verbarson (talk) 17:38, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

I have added an archive citation to the 1955 entry on the timeline: I am not sure if I have done what you had in mind. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 18:20, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

That was the one with the error, yes. I had assumed it would then look the same as ref 28 (it actually looks tidier) because they are all pointing at the same archive?--Verbarson (talk) 20:00, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

I have now consolidated all four references which use the same English Heritage citation. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 21:40, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Who built these bridges

Both Dorman Long and Cleveland Bridge seem to claim responsibility for the Tyne Bridge and Sydney Harbour Bridge long before they were brought togethor by Trafalgar House. Both basically did structural steel parts of the job so which was it really? Ed1964 (talk) 01:02, 18 May 2022 (UTC)