Author: Wolffs Rd Footbridge Society Inc

WRFSI is pleased to welcome accomplished bridge-builder Graham Liddell to our group as an expert advisor. Here’s a bit about Graham’s many skills: Beginning his construction journey as a sole trader, Graham worked as a structural welder, maintenance mechanic and construction worker in 1988 before forming Liddell Construction in 1990. By 1996 this one-man band…

Wolffs Bridge was built partly from former Christchurch Tramway irons. Discover some of the history of that tramway network here. At this tramway system’s peak, the South Island city of Christchurch had New Zealand’s most extensive electric street tramway. In the late 20th century small sections, which were reinstated, became well-known heritage features. Christchurch’s tramway…

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