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Date: 25 November 2023
Location: Britannia Bridge 53.2139571,-4.1830098
Britannia Bridge
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Date: 25 November 2023
Location: Britannia Bridge 53.2139571,-4.1830098
GeoTopoi 
The lion has an Egyptian sphinx look about it 🙂 Human mouth and the neat little top knot 🙂 🙂
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∞ ♡ ✰ ❁ 𑁍 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𑁍 ❁ ✰ ♡ ∞
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That lion has a look on its face somewhere between dismay and disgust😫
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Probably fed up with all those years demoted to the lower level of the bridge 😉
∞ ♡ ✰ ❁ 𑁍 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𑁍 ❁ ✰ ♡ ∞
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The lion is intriguing. Was it there prior to the bridge being built or as part of the process?
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The lions were there on the original rail bridge, having “pride” of place welcoming rail passengers in both directions. When the new road deck was added above the rail level when the bridge was rebuilt in 1980, the lions were left mostly hidden from view.
There is a bit more about the history of the bridge here:
and there is an old photo showing the lions in their glory days here:
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Poor lions 😦
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You found them but do you know where they came from Graham?
ATB
Joe
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Original construction of the bridge used limestone from Penmon, so presumably the lions were created from the same material?
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So strange to see the poor lion down there.
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Yeah, they have been a bit neglected and forgotten about. Access to that one is quite overgrown and it is difficult to get good view of any of the four of them. There has been talk over the years of raising them to the road-deck level of bridge, but nothing ever happens…
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