River Derwent Workington 20.11.2009

this is the river derwent filmed from the road to barepot which was closed to vehicles. it shows the force of the water against the old railway bridge which was also closed to traffic for fear of collapsing like the new bridge which is 3/4 of a mile down stream. it also shows the remains of nav'vies bridge that connects northside to the town centre of workington.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• flooding
• cumbria
• river
• derwent
• new
• bridge
• northside
• workington

[piratearmstrong99]

last summer i was swimming in that .naked of course

[happybricks]

i would'nt wanna be a salmon trying to get up stream

[andyvbyers]

Excellent film record. Well done marra!

[250Trojan]

The water companies will still say there isn't enough water

[caz06]

christ no wonder the bridge is on its way out : (

[lasvegas19]

No it hasn't gone, this bridge is at the bottom of Calva Brow, the bridge the Police Officer was on that collapsed is further downstream by the Reds ground.

[LabRat6619]

Upps yeah its gone!

[LabRat6619]

This was filmed on 19th yeah? Its gone today (20-11-09)

Thats alot of water for sure!