London's Iconic Tower Bridge Jams Open due to "Technical Issue" - Shock

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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	London's Iconic Tower Bridge Jams Open due to "Technical Issue" - Shock 08/10/2021 4:41 AM
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEy94-p76gU ...causing road traffic chaos for miles around. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#1 Re: London's Iconic Tower Bridge Jams Open due to "Technical Issue" - Shock 08/10/2021 2:36 PM
	__________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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jhhassociates Guru Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: North West England Posts: 1170 Good Answers: 153	#2 Re: London's Iconic Tower Bridge Jams Open due to "Technical Issue" - Shock 08/11/2021 5:58 AM
	In the aftermath of spending loads of money on Covid all UK government departments have been asked to make savings where possible. A spokesperson for the London Transport Authority later commented that, in their effort to raise cash, selling the bridge's manual winding handle for scrap "lacked foresight".
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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9910 Good Answers: 1141	#3 In reply to #2 Re: London's Iconic Tower Bridge Jams Open due to "Technical Issue" - Shock 08/11/2021 2:49 PM
	That's got to be a lot of work cranking that thing up by hand! Maybe the guy that had to crank it was the one who made the decision to sell the manual winding handle!
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HiTekRedNek Guru Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 44.56024"N 15.307971E Posts: 8277 Good Answers: 270	#5 In reply to #3 Re: London's Iconic Tower Bridge Jams Open due to "Technical Issue" - Shock 08/14/2021 6:39 AM
	If the hand crank mechanicals wee left in place,the "manual part" could be easily replaced with a gear motor,or heavy duty drill or pipe threading machine coupled to the manual input shaft. If however the jam is mechanical in nature:a broken gear,shaft,or linkage,couplings,etc.that presents an entirely different set of problems that will require more time. A lack of proper preventative maintenance in usually the root cause of such failures. A mission-critical operation should not be "economized" without a careful failure-potential analysis. Of course,this may ultimately be blamed on Covid for causing a shortage of qualified technicians. __________________ "A man never stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child." "Never argue with a stupid person.They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience" "To create an apple pie from scratch, first you must create a universe"
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#4 In reply to #2 Re: London's Iconic Tower Bridge Jams Open due to "Technical Issue" - Shock 08/12/2021 6:07 AM
	__________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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