Railings for Marple aqueduct - whats next?

[archie57]

 

Indeed, he must have fallen into lock 13 from the top deck of the 358..,

28 in my day......!

[Machpoint005]

Would 'MIND THE DROP' be better?

 

Indeed, Just the snappy phrase I was groping for.

[Mac of Cygnet]

Or perhaps the words on many electricity poles would be more effective:

 

DANGER OF DEATH!

[DHutch]

So where are we up to on this?

Seems to have gone all quiet?

 

Daniel

[Tim Lewis]

18 minutes ago, DHutch said:

So where are we up to on this?

Seems to have gone all quiet?

 

Daniel

The planning application to install the railings was awarded in July

http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData-live/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OPF953PJHF700

The planning committe report makes interesting reading:

http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData-live/files/1A7D8C18E90F0241E64C3DC8EC2F717C/pdf/DC_065684-MAC_UPDATE-327696.pdf

Tim

[Mac of Cygnet]

26 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

The planning application to install the railings was awarded in July

http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData-live/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OPF953PJHF700

The planning committe report makes interesting reading:

http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData-live/files/1A7D8C18E90F0241E64C3DC8EC2F717C/pdf/DC_065684-MAC_UPDATE-327696.pdf

Tim

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[David Mack]

1 hour ago, Mac of Cygnet said:

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Downloadable from here - last item on the page.

http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData-live/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OPF953PJHF700

[Mac of Cygnet]

11 minutes ago, David Mack said:

Downloadable from here - last item on the page.

http://planning.stockport.gov.uk/PlanningData-live/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=OPF953PJHF700

Ah, thanks.  Bit of a time-warp on 'Date Published' on that one!

[ditchcrawler]

Will the railings stop the Badgers falling off?

[alan_fincher]

From this link......

The new parapet railing was designed with the historic significance of the Aqueduct in mind, and rather than applying something ‘off-the-shelf’, a bespoke solution was required. In close collaboration with Knight Architects, we based our design on the loop pattern of ‘cotton weaving’, which acknowledges Samuel Oldknow’s historic Mellor cotton mill in Marple and the use of the Peak Forest Canal for transporting the cotton he produced.

Each vertical rail is ‘woven’ between the two low-level rails and the top rail, as a single self-intersecting ‘thread’. These vertical elements form the ‘warp’, and the horizontal rails form the ‘weft’. This design was very well received, and gained wide-ranging praise from the many stakeholders involved in the project. Both Scheduled Monument Consent from Historic England and Planning Permission from Stockport Council were granted in June 2017.

Sorry but they just look pig ugly to me.......

 

 

[thebfg]

2 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:

From this link......

The new parapet railing was designed with the historic significance of the Aqueduct in mind, and rather than applying something ‘off-the-shelf’, a bespoke solution was required. In close collaboration with Knight Architects, we based our design on the loop pattern of ‘cotton weaving’, which acknowledges Samuel Oldknow’s historic Mellor cotton mill in Marple and the use of the Peak Forest Canal for transporting the cotton he produced.

Each vertical rail is ‘woven’ between the two low-level rails and the top rail, as a single self-intersecting ‘thread’. These vertical elements form the ‘warp’, and the horizontal rails form the ‘weft’. This design was very well received, and gained wide-ranging praise from the many stakeholders involved in the project. Both Scheduled Monument Consent from Historic England and Planning Permission from Stockport Council were granted in June 2017.

Sorry but they just look pig ugly to me.......

 

 

Looks like some form of weird broken bicycle rack.

[matty40s]

So instead of a fence we got a very expensive fence.

But don't worry, our stakeholders loved it.

[ditchcrawler]

5 minutes ago, thebfg said:

Looks like some form of weird broken bicycle rack.

Agree. BW managed to fit some good looking railings when they were needed in their day

[thebfg]

I'e a lovely photo from the wrong side of that aquaduct.

I'm sure many others do, not after they put that up.

[Phil.]

15 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:

From this link......

The new parapet railing was designed with the historic significance of the Aqueduct in mind, and rather than applying something ‘off-the-shelf’, a bespoke solution was required. In close collaboration with Knight Architects, we based our design on the loop pattern of ‘cotton weaving’, which acknowledges Samuel Oldknow’s historic Mellor cotton mill in Marple and the use of the Peak Forest Canal for transporting the cotton he produced.

Each vertical rail is ‘woven’ between the two low-level rails and the top rail, as a single self-intersecting ‘thread’. These vertical elements form the ‘warp’, and the horizontal rails form the ‘weft’. This design was very well received, and gained wide-ranging praise from the many stakeholders involved in the project. Both Scheduled Monument Consent from Historic England and Planning Permission from Stockport Council were granted in June 2017.

Sorry but they just look pig ugly to me.......

 

 

Describing them as pig ugly is an understatement. Probably designed by a numpty similar to the one, who thought carving nonsensical phrases into lock beams was a good idea.

[thebfg]

Well I am glad thaybugly costly fence will save zero lives. Or has anyone actually fell off.

[AndrewIC]

According to the article the horizontals won't be painted. Are they galvanised? Stainless? Or rusted away in a few years?

[Sea Dog]

27 minutes ago, AndrewIC said:

According to the article the horizontals won't be painted. Are they galvanised? Stainless? Or rusted away in a few years?

Stainless would seem to be right for such a reassuringly expensive solution.

[billh]

34 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Stainless would seem to be right for such a reassuringly expensive solution.

Good weigh in value for stainless steel bike racks

Cordless angle grinder anyone?

[MHS]

Describing them as pig ugly is unfair on pigs. The phrase is pug ugly based on little dogs with squashed faces that can’t breathe. 

How much did Knight Architects charge for their input? £1 would’ve over the top. 

[Cheshire cat]

Talk about grumpy old men.  I will reserve judgemenft until I have seen them for real.

[Alway Swilby]

4 hours ago, thebfg said:

Well I am glad thaybugly costly fence will save zero lives. Or has anyone actually fell off.

Well..... erm...... yes, actually. That's why the health and safety people want to put the railings up.

[Jerra]

7 hours ago, MHS said:

Describing them as pig ugly is unfair on pigs. The phrase is pug ugly based on little dogs with squashed faces that can’t breathe. 

That in turn is being unfair to pugs.   Up here in the frozen north it has been plug ugly all my life.   i was given to understand the term arose from a gang of american trouble makers who wore "plug" hats.

I have also heard it suggested pug ugly is from bare knuckle boxers known as pugs.

[Ray T]

24 minutes ago, Jerra said:

That in turn is being unfair to pugs.   Up here in the frozen north it has been plug ugly all my life.   i was given to understand the term arose from a gang of american trouble makers who wore "plug" hats.

I have also heard it suggested pug ugly is from bare knuckle boxers known as pugs.

From the word pugalism I believe. The boxers were pugalists or pugs for short.

Edited December 21, 2017 by Ray T

[Jen-in-Wellies]

26 minutes ago, Jerra said:

That in turn is being unfair to pugs.   Up here in the frozen north it has been plug ugly all my life.   i was given to understand the term arose from a gang of american trouble makers who wore "plug" hats.

I have also heard it suggested pug ugly is from bare knuckle boxers known as pugs.

I always thought it was from this guy