Friends of Newport Transporter Bridge

Newport Transporter Bridge in film 1906 The Earliest Film The earliest film of the Transporter Bridge relates to its opening in 1906 but the film was not discovered until 1987. The newly formed Newport Maritime Trust had been in touch with film historian John Huntley regarding a chance discovery of some film featuring the Transporter Bridge. Huntley had spent many years working for the British Film Institute but in 1974 retired and set up Huntley Film Archives. A favourite pastime of Huntley’s was rummaging through the bric a brac barrows of the east end of London. He had amassed a collection of old film this way, but one film he bought for five shillings had him stumped. It wasn’t until he took a train journey to Cardiff and was crossing the River Usk at Newport that he spied the unmistakable shape of the Transporter Bridge. As part of a fundraising project for Newport Maritime Trust, Huntley brought the film together with a selection of railway films to the Newport Centre on Marc

  Visit to the Transporter Bridge Visitors' Centre under construction                           The exterior south side front entrance from the Manager's Office There were 2 visits, one on Tuesday 13 th  June at 1pm and another on Wednesday 14 th  June at 11am Photos by Grenville Pow Members meeting up on the ground floor                                        On the roof of the first floor - the public viewing area                                            Scaffold work showing enclosures in the boom The east and centre work enclosures                                                            East side enclosure Centre enclosure under construction                                                          lift to carry material up to the boom         Gavin, Trefor, Site Manager Terry and Oli standing on what will be the exterior walkway            Visitor Centre East Side showing the walkway  to connect the Bridge from the first floor Where the foot bridge will leave the visit