The guy that you can see on the Footbridge is actually manually winding a large wheel to shut the bridge!
This footbridge was built in Derby at Britannia Iron works by Andrew Handyside and Company in 1903 at a cost of £414 and this Victorian footbridge is still in constant use to this day!
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5
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Peter Killey
Dear Peter
My name is Roy Redmayne a resident of Castletown, I am the captain of the good ship Scruffy making out of the harbour.
Great Picture.
Regards
Roy Red.