This clever engineer vehicle used a folding scissors-style bridge mounted on a modified light tank chassis. Instead of hydraulics, the entire system worked off a massive threaded rod — a design ...

A council will spend nearly £200,000 to protect a cherished beauty spot in Wolverhampton from being used as a racetrack. City of Wolverhampton Council plans to install new security fences and gates at ...

Wolverhampton Council has been awarded £217,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of its plans for Smestow Valley Local Nature Reserve. The boost will allow the local authority to apply ...

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For decades, one Liverpool factory employed generations and made toys that are now "worth a fortune." The ECHO recently took a look back at unseen photos of the Meccano factory on Binns Road which ...

Architect Steven Toia stopped under the Sydney Harbour Bridge to marvel at its engineering, the time and labour involved and the beauty of the deceptively light and lacy trellises that span its arches ...

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And now a stunning portrait of the landmark has been turned into a 1,000-piece jigsaw. The bridge is only 400 metres away from the train station and Tettenhall's Transport Heritage Centre at Meadow ...

Guinness World Records have confirmed that Northern Ireland’s Queen’s University Belfast's Big Bridge Build – a bridge spanning around 30m across Belfast’s Clarendon dock – is the world’s largest ...