Chapelfield Road and Union Street viaducts for Manchester Piccadilly railway line built by Andrew Handyside around 1840.

The Derby firm Andrew Handyside who made Friar Gate bridge in Derby also made many hundreds of other bridges of many different sizes around the world. Here in my dedicated blog to this company I am detailing every item I can find manufactured by them.
In Manchester there are many viaducts that cross roads leading into Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station. Some of these viaducts have the plaque "A. HANDYSIDE & Co Ld Derby & London".
Thanks to Google Streetview its possible to wander around these viaducts to inspect them for Handyside plaques.
I have managed to find two that still have the plaques. These are over Chapelfield Road and Union Street. I dare say some of the other viaducts into this station may well have been made by Handyside but the badges have fallen off.

Manchester Piccadilly (Manchester London Road until 1960) is the principal railway station in Manchester,
The station opened on 8 May 1842 as Store Street station and as Bank Top station, The station was then renamed London Road station in 1847, London Road station. It was then renamed yet again to Manchester Piccadilly when it reopened after reconstruction on 12 September 1960.

Handyside plaque on the viaduct carrying the railway lines into Manchester over Chapelfield Road.

Chapelfield Road Under the viaduct leading to Piccadilly Station

Google Streetview:
The Google streetview car has captured this location well and you can clearly see the Andrew Handyside plaque on the ironwork. See it HERE.
Also the plaque on Union Street viaduct too HERE.

Map Location:
View my Andrew Handyside World Map to see the exact location of this bridge on the world map.
My world map is the result of hundreds of hours of research into the company, plotting out each item as I find it.

Can you help find more Handyside stuff ?
If anyone out there knows of any other bridges around the world bearing the Handyside badge that I have not mentioned yet then please get in touch with details, location,photographs etc.

Thanks
Andy

Shoe Lane road bridge, Holborn Viaduct, London Built by Andrew Handyside in 1869.

The Derby firm Andrew Handyside who made Friar Gate bridge in Derby also made many hundreds of other bridges of many different sizes around the world.
On a recent trip to London while investigating some other work by Andrew Handyside I found a bridge with some lions heads on it and wondered if it was by Andrew Handyside so had a real good look around and managed to find a makers badge on one of the panels. It reads "A. Handyside & Co Britannia Foundry Derby". This bridge is located on Holborn Viaduct and goes over Shoe Lane.

Photographs of this bridge.
A vew of the decorative panels on the top of this bridge as seen from the A40.


Another view of the decorative panels showing the 3D lions heads.


One of the decorative cast iton Lions Heads


A view underneath from Shoe Lane


Another view showing the construction of the bridge from underneath


The decorative cast iron scrolls


The makers badge "A. Handyside & Co Britannia Foundry Derby"



Map Location:
View my Andrew Handyside World Map to see the exact location of this bridge on the world map.
My world map is the result of hundreds of hours of research into the company, plotting out each item as I find it.

Google Streetview has captured this bridge HERE.

Can you help find more Handyside stuff ?
If anyone out there knows of any other bridges around the world bearing the Handyside badge that I have not mentioned yet then please get in touch with details, location, photographs etc.

Thanks
Andy

Findhorn Viaduct in Tomatin, Scotland made by Andrew Handyside in 1897.

Andrew Handyside who made Friar Gate bridge also made many hundreds of bridges of many different sizes around the world such as this impressive viaduct in Scotland which is still in use today.
This stunning bit of engineering by Andrew Handyside is Findhorn Viaduct in Tomatin, Scotland.
It has seven spans of 130 foot and two spans of 125 foot. A total length of 1,160 foot. It weighs 1,730 Tons. It was built in Derby in 1897 and transported via Rail.
The engineers for this viaduct were Sir John Fowler, Bart., K.C.M.G., M. Inst. C.E. Murdoch Paterson, Esq., M. Inst. C.E., Inverness.

A great photograph of two steam trains going across Findhorn viaduct :

Photograph by phantomfgr2.

Panoramic photograph showing several of the spans on Findhorn viaduct:

Photograph by Rudeigin Beag.

A close up photograph of one of Handysides 130 foot spans that make up Findhorn viaduct.

Photograph by Roy's in Ireland.

Google Streetview has captured this viaduct which means you can take a good look around the contruction of the spans from several angles. Click my links here - Findhorn Viaduct view 1. Findhorn Viaduct view 2.

My Reference :
Page 11 of Steel & Iron Structures Made and erected by Andrew Handyside & Co Ltd of Derby and London. Published 1904.

Can you help find more Handyside stuff ?
If anyone out there knows of any other bridges around the world bearing the Handyside badge that I have not mentioned yet then please get in touch with details, location, photographs etc.

Thanks
Andy

Videos featuring items manufactured in Derby at the Britannia Iron works.

For those of you who don't know, Britannia Iron Works was where Andrew Handyside manufactured bridges, Fountains, Post Boxes etc. The foundry was located adjacent to the River Derwent where today Rivermead House Stands.
Want more info then view my map showing Britannia Iron Works location.
I have created a dedicated playlist on YouTube of videos that feature items that have been made in Derby.
You will find all sorts of stuff  in my collection

Click the link here to see the collection.
Video collection featuring items made by Andrew Handyside.

Findhorn Viaduct
Here is one of my favourites showing a train going across a bridge made in Derby 114 years ago !
This short video features a stunning bit of engineering by Handyside, That of Findhorn Viaduct in Tomatin, Scotland, UK.
This bridge was manufactured in Derby at the Britannia Iron Works by Andrew Handyside ltd and company in 1897.
It has seven spans of 130 foot and two spans of 125 foot. A total length of 1,160 foot. It weighs 1,730 Tons.
The engineers on this project were Sir John Fowler, Bart., K.C.M.G., M. Inst. C.E. Murdoch Paterson, Esq., M. Inst. C.E., Inverness.

My Reference information for this is :
Page 11 of Steel & Iron Structures Made and erected by Andrew Handyside & Co Ltd of Derby and London. Published 1904.



Hope you enjoy all the Andrew Handyside videos I have collected here.
If you live near something made by Handyside and are able to make a video on YouTube then please get in touch and I will add it to my collection.

Thanks
Andy