WestBound Silver Jubilee Bridge, "Runcorn-Widnes Bridge" or Runcorn Bridge

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
KDTFYPFile size:
31.8 MB (1.4 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4032 x 2760 px | 34.1 x 23.4 cm | 13.4 x 9.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
14 October 2017Location:
RuncornMore information:
. Recorded at Runcorn in 2017, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is WestBound Silver Jubilee Bridge, Runcorn-Widnes Bridge or Runcorn Bridge. The wider scene also brings together built heritage, architectural detail, documentary photography, changing land use, changing streetscape, historical comparison, architectural character, adaptive reuse, public realm, heritage asset, visual archive, archival record, conservation architecture, and community identity. Current relevance extends to planning control and heritage conservation, particularly through the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. As a dated visual record of Runcorn, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with period detail, period architecture, heritage landmark, regional identity, historic streetscape, everyday life, historic townscape, and urban fabric. The combination of Runcorn-Widnes, Bridge, Silver, Jubilee, and WestBound anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Runcorn helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character when considered against later change at Runcorn. The setting also helps illustrate tourism and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility without losing the local specificity of Runcorn. The image also provides a reference for energy retrofit and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism in a form that can be compared with future views of Runcorn.