Happy 100th Birthday to the Bascule Bridge in Renfrew. The well-loved local landmark is celebrating its centenary year. It officially opened in 1923 and the Scherzer style rolling lift bridge is one of just two of its type across the country. ‘Bascule’ is French for seesaw and the bridge provides a roadway while opening to allow a ship to pass when needed. It used to cost two shillings and sixpence for vessels to pass under the bridge, paid both inwards and outwards. Reaching almost 120 feet sky

283K views · 1.9K reactions | The Folding/Rolling Bridge, designed by Heatherwick Studio, and installed at Paddington in 2004, is a twelve meter-long bridge made from eight triangular segments, which fold towards each other, forming an octagonal sculpture standing on one side of the canal towpath. #bridge #engineering #design #architecture | ParametricArchitecture | Facebook