Talk:Transporter bridge

Billy Elliot
Wasn't the Middlesborough transporter bridge featured prominently in Billy Elliot (2000)? So what was the big deal about it being shown in the 2002 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet? -- Softlavender (talk) 15:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

RfC: Elimination of Sky Ride as a transporter bridge
I propose that the reference to the Sky Ride be eliminated. See the reasons for the deletion at Talk:Sky_Ride.TransporterMan (talk) 16:06, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Another - Here is where the Skyride's designer, David Steinman, calls it a transporter bridge. The Long Crossing page 100. - - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 12:34, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Here is a reference that classifies it as a transporter bridge. It's only a snippet view in Google books, but it's enough to show that a reliable secondary source called it a transporter bridge. Engineering News-Record Feb 8, 1934. Quote: "Successful construction and operation of the Skyride transporter bridge at the Century of Progress was a tribute to model testing work, which formed a conspicuous part of the design procedure."

I withdraw the proposal, having discovered that I am wrong and the Sky Ride is, in fact, a transporter bridge. See the discussion here on the Sky Ride talk page. Mea culpa and my apologies.  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ) 17:02, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Müngsten Transporter
The Mungsten Transporter can be seen as the last image on the linked de.wikipedia.org page or. Since it doesn't appear to roll across the cables (though the mechanism is vague from the photo) this may further blur the definition of Transporter Bridge.  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ) 16:19, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No blurring; aerial tramways, at least level ones, are transporter bridges.  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ) 19:28, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Devil's Dyke Transporter Bridge
Added since contemporary engineers recognized it as a transporter bridge, see footnotes in article and additional discussion here.  T RANSPORTER M AN  ( TALK ) 19:32, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Edit Request regarding Concept
Inventor of transporter bridges. According to the supplement to the Northern Echo of October 12 2011 (Echo Memories, issue no. 52, 100 Years of an Icon) the concept of the transporter bridge was invented in 1873 by Charles Smith (1844-82) the manager of an engine works in Hartlepool. He called it a "bridge ferry" and presented his ideas to councils in Hartlepool, Middlesbrough (reported in the Northern Echo of June 14 1873) and Glasgow. Arnodin and Palacio took up the idea in 1887. It appears also from this supplement that the word "transporter" is an anglicisation of their term "transbordeur", meaning "across the shores" or "across the banks", My  ancient brain can't cope with proper editing, so this is all I'll do. Rogerwants (talk) 19:19, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Rogerwants, I placed the basic info at the beginning of the history section. Its properly referenced per link on The Northern Echo's website. You are welcome to extend the paragraph, just place your additions in front of "ref". Regards -- Traveletti (talk) 22:16, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Transporter Bridge in Operation
This is in the wrong place-it isn't a specific bridge. Slightnostalgia (talk) 19:34, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * So what? It illustrates the general principle adequately, it's not going to be assumed to be representing any specific bridge. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:16, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

I assumed it a was a specific bridge. So will most people. Slightnostalgia (talk) 07:14, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added an infobox and moved the image there --CiaPan (talk) 09:14, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Sorting table
The figures in the span column don't sort properly. I don't know how - can anyone fix that? Geopersona (talk) 06:36, 30 November 2018 (UTC)