High Street, Paisley, from New Street to Townhead Terrace, will be closed for one day only on Sunday, September 8, to allow for
ironwork repairs to take place.
It was part of the
Ironwork Centre's Save a Life, Surrender Your Knife campaign which has seen hundreds of knife bins installed in towns, cities and even airports nationwide.
Surveys have shows the Iron Bridge is under threat from cracking due to stresses in the
ironwork dating from the original construction, ground movement over the centuries and an earthquake in the 19th century which pushed the two sides of the gorge it spans closer together.
Nigel Tyas
Ironwork is based at Bullhouse Mill, Lee Lane, Millhouse Green, Sheffield, which is a short drive from the Shepley and High Flatts side of Huddersfield.
Caroline Siddall, the hospice's director of income generation, said the
Ironwork Centre wanted to organise a balloon festival and would give the hospice the profits.
2006) doctoral dissertation on medieval
ironwork, submitted to the archaeology department of University College, Cardiff in 1980, remains the definitive survey of iron tools and other fittings in use from about 1066 to 1540 AD.
Over the past two months in excess of 50 items of
ironwork have been removed and disposed of."
Where new
ironwork sections have to be created, these will be fabricated to match original patterns as faithfully as possible.
Ironworks are no exception, with the region embracing the art as it does every luxury product.
The ethnic introductions at Baum include its
Ironwork design.
Dorothea Restorations is the market leader in the conservation and restoration of architectural and engineering cast and wrought
ironwork.
