Houghwell Burn Bridge Reinstatement

The photos below, taken on Tuesday at Houghwell Burn, are all courtesy of Ian Cowan

Nigel, Bob, Angela and Ian removed the old bridge beams, and replaced them with the new ones:

Houghwell Burn bridge requires a lot more work before it will be back in use.

The old beams are loaded for removal from site:

The opportunity was also taken to use the crane to retrieve the hoist basket (used with the forklift) which vandals had thrown down into the burn.

Ian & Nigel check the basket, which had been
swept downstream by floodwater

Nigel attaching chains .....

..... and the crane hauls the basket up the bank

The photos above are all courtesy of Ian Cowan