2 the other bridge over the river derwent – the calva

The other Bridge over the River Derwent – the Calva

A tale of two communities

The Players

Laura Bickerstaff, the RSPCA, the security guards and the satellite crew.

The flood line

Wilkinsons

Ladies Way

All of the interest is in a bridge…

about to collapse …

The road is up

Road dug up to isolate the gas

Bridge Street abandoned, water receeded but unoccupied as a Community waits for a bridge.

At the edge of the flood plain

Abandoned Terrace

The river still has some real power

Main Flow

Flood Plain

Canal

Calva Bridge

Police Line

Flood Plan Deposition

Canal

Level ofdebris

The Calva Bridge

The Wobble

Notice the fluctuationin the tarmac

The waiting game

• Even if Workington’s last link survives it is likely that it will need to be destroyed according to the initial survey made by structural engineers.

• The link between North [side] and central Workington may be broken.

CREDITS

• Photos Mark OLLIS

• Original photos available at greater resolution to schools – ollismark@hotmail.com

• St Bees School, Cumbria.

• Made small to upload + share easily

Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-

width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/88x31.png"

/></a><br />This work is licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creativ

e Commons Licence</a>.