Bridge photos, I’ve posted a few. But here’s one you haven’t seen:
The Imbaba Bridge is a swing bridge in Egypt. A photo of the swing section can be found here.
You might also be interested in this post of mine from July about another opening bridge on the Nile, the El Gala’a Bridge, or, as it was known in 1941, the English Bridge.
And below, from a post in December, this excellent bridge perspective. Thanks to Ahmad Omar (see his comment below) I’ve discovered the name of this bridge: Aboul Ela Bridge, also known as the Abou el Ela, Abou al-Ela, and the Boulak Bridge. It was constructed between 1908 and 1912 and dismantled in 1998.
And you should look at the Beckett Bridge in Dublin by night, on Ailsa’s blog.
Vintage Bridge… nice click…
Thanks. They are my father’s photos from WWII.
Trish, I do love these pictures of yours and the history you have linked with them.. 🙂
Well, I’m very happy that you read them and get something out of the bit of research I do for the photos. Thanks Gerry.
That’s really nice.
They are priceless. Was wondering where the come from. 🙂
I LOVE bridges. These are terrific
They’re great photos – I love the angles and perspective. Thanks, I’m glad you think they’re terrific.
The photos are from his album but I don’t know who the photographer was. Sometimes he took the photos, sometimes he got them from his mates. He might have also bought some as souvenirs. Nevertheless, he brought them home from Egypt after serving there in the war.
Nice selections, Trish!
Glad you enjoyed them.
Imbaba bridge is still there, as awesome as it is, for the other its Aboul Ela bridge (also Boulak Bridge), replace by 15th of may (15 may) bridge in 1998, leading to the famous Marriott Zamalek, luckly the Aboul Fedda bridge is still here somewhere but not in use.
Thanks for telling me the name of the second bridge. It’s good to know the name because I’ve always loved the perspective in this particular photo.