Nicholas Chain Bridge
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The Nicholas Chain Bridge (or Nikolaevsky Chain Bridge; ; ) was a bridge over the Dnieper that existed from 1855 to 1920 in Kiev
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The bridge was designed by Irish engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles
. Construction started in 1848 and was completed in 1855. The 776 m long bridge was the largest at that time in Europe.
In 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War
, the bridge was blown up by retreating Polish troops. It was restored based on old drawings by Evgeny Paton
and opened again in 1925 under the name Yevgenia Bosch Bridge. Paton had significantly changed its structure and raised it by several metres, so that the Yevgenia Bosch Bridge may be considered as a new bridge.
On 19 September 1941 Yevgenia Bosch Bridge was demolished by retreating Soviet troops and was never restored after the war. In 1965 in place of the former chain bridge a new Kiev Metro Bridge was built.
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
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The bridge was designed by Irish engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles
Charles Blacker Vignoles
Charles Blacker Vignoles was an influential early railway engineer, and eponym of the Vignoles rail.- Early life :...
. Construction started in 1848 and was completed in 1855. The 776 m long bridge was the largest at that time in Europe.
In 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War
Polish-Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War was an armed conflict between Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine and the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic—four states in post–World War I Europe...
, the bridge was blown up by retreating Polish troops. It was restored based on old drawings by Evgeny Paton
Evgeny Paton
Professor Evgeny Oscarovich Paton was a Ukrainian and Soviet engineer who established the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute in Kiev. He is father of Borys Paton....
and opened again in 1925 under the name Yevgenia Bosch Bridge. Paton had significantly changed its structure and raised it by several metres, so that the Yevgenia Bosch Bridge may be considered as a new bridge.
On 19 September 1941 Yevgenia Bosch Bridge was demolished by retreating Soviet troops and was never restored after the war. In 1965 in place of the former chain bridge a new Kiev Metro Bridge was built.
External links
- Chain bridge history and old photos on Kiev History Site
- Цветное изображение моста
- http://pk.kiev.ua/history/2006/07/25/090056.html
- http://www.k-telegraph.kiev.ua/N72/starygor.htm
- http://www.nostalgia2.kiev.ua/history-kiev_008.shtml
