tarboat's photos with the keyword: newport

This character keeps watch from above the shops in Commercial Streel, Newport.

A rather weathered terracotta panel over a shop in Commercial Street, Newport. The building is dated 1894.

The gondola of the 1906 built Newport Transporter Bridge flies across the Usk. This is the tallest of the three transporter bridges surviving in the UK and also the longest span.

Viewed from the winch cabin on the Newport Transporter Bridge, the gondola is just arriving on the east bank of the Usk.

Inside the winch cabin of the Newport Transporter Bridge. The driver uses a tramcar type controller to operate the DC electric motors which power the winding drum via a friction wheel.

The gondola of the 1906 built Newport Transporter Bridge flies across the Usk. This is the tallest of the three transporter bridges surviving in the UK and also the longest span.

A visit to Newport in Shropshire gave me an opportunity to stroll along the broad High Street of this pleasant little town. Many of the buildings flanking this street date from the 18th century or even earlier, but this building on the corner of New Street is a rather later pastiche.