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"Graham Harrison" wrote:

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On Jun 26, 8:15 am, Basil Jet wrote:
Why are American cities full of open girdered viaducts whereas British
cities are full of brick viaducts?

Availability of materials.

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Might it also be something to do with the very nature of the viaducts? If
you think about the "elevateds" in the US many of them were built over roads
and I'm not sure how practical it would have been to use brick for that.



Also the era in which the lines were built.

Many of the open girded steel viaducts in the USA were built 1900s to
1920s, when mass produced steel beams and columns were fairly
commonplace. They also had to be painted to keep from rusting into
oblivion quite quickly.

My impression is that many of the British brick viaducts date from a
much earlier era.

In that same era, and indeed up until fairly recently in a number of
places in the USA, we would have used wooden bridges.

Today, it's all steel reinforced poured concrete, no matter where you go.

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Basil Jet wrote:
On 27/06/2010 20:09, MIG wrote:

Plenty of narrow roads through the arches though, or where would they
film all the car chases in The Bill?

Selsey?

Watching repeats of "The Sweeney" I've seen at least one scene that was
obviously in St Albans, which has often impersonated other locations,
from "Softly Softly" to "Morse". As for "The Bill", it is shot in every
part of London and adjacent areas except for the East End, where the
script is set.

"Martin Edwards" wrote in message
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 27/06/2010 20:09, MIG wrote:

Plenty of narrow roads through the arches though, or where would
they film all the car chases in The Bill?

Selsey?

Watching repeats of "The Sweeney" I've seen at least one scene that
was obviously in St Albans, which has often impersonated other
locations, from "Softly Softly" to "Morse". As for "The Bill", it is
shot in every part of London and adjacent areas except for the East
End, where the script is set.

Isn't the Bill largely fimed in the Wimbledon area, where the studio is?
You often see SWT trains, which don't quite fit the supposed East End
location.

On 28 June, 14:32, Martin Edwards wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:
On 27/06/2010 20:09, MIG wrote:

Plenty of narrow roads through the arches though, or where would they
film all the car chases in The Bill?

Selsey?

Watching repeats of "The Sweeney" I've seen at least one scene that was
obviously in St Albans, which has often impersonated other locations,
from "Softly Softly" to "Morse".

Are these all produced at Elstree Studios by any chance? St. Albans
would be quite conveniently close for location shots if it's got
somewhere that looks right,

As for "The Bill", it is shot in every
part of London and adjacent areas except for the East End, where the
script is set.

They quite often used to film in Croydon for that, but I haven't seen
any crews working recently. Quite a few other things have also been
filmed in Croydon, and it was also quite a major centre of film
production in the early years of the industry, pre-WW1.

Recliner wrote:
"Martin Edwards" wrote in message
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 27/06/2010 20:09, MIG wrote:
Plenty of narrow roads through the arches though, or where would
they film all the car chases in The Bill?
Selsey?
Watching repeats of "The Sweeney" I've seen at least one scene that
was obviously in St Albans, which has often impersonated other
locations, from "Softly Softly" to "Morse". As for "The Bill", it is
shot in every part of London and adjacent areas except for the East
End, where the script is set.

Isn't the Bill largely fimed in the Wimbledon area, where the studio is?
You often see SWT trains, which don't quite fit the supposed East End
location.


Largely, yes, but you do see scenes shot elsewhere.