The city has a dirty little secret that it has been trying to suppress for decades. is consistently ranked at the top of the list for the world’s most liveable cities - but not for many in the DTES. This alley wall graffiti poses a valid question, 'how do we end the drug crisis'?Ī more pertinent question, “how did we get here”?

One final shot to wrap up this streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) series. THE VIADUCT STANDS SOME 30 FEET ABOVE THE ADJOINING AQUEDUCT. THREE FURTHER ARCHES AT EITHER END OF THE VIADUCT REPLACE FORMER TIMBER SPANS AND ARE DATED 1858-9. THE 100 FEET HIGH STONE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT FOR THE SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY AND HAS TEN SPANS WITH ROUND ARCHES BETWEEN PEDIMENTED ABUTMENTS CONTAINING NICHES. THE RAILWAY VIADUCT AT CHIRK WHICH WAS ERECTED IN 1846-8 AND REBUILT IN 1858 WAS THE WORK OF THE SCOTTISH ENGINEER HENRY ROBERTSON. IT CROSSES THE RIVER CLOSE TO THE LATER RAILWAY VIADUCT. SIDE PLATES WERE ADDED TO THE AQUEDUCT IN 1870. WILLIAM HAZLEDINE PROVIDED THE IRONWORK FOR THE AQUEDUCT. THE FIRST STONE WAS LAID ON 17 JUNE 1796. THE WATER LEVEL IS 20 M(65 FT) ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AQUEDUCT CONSISTS OF TEN ARCHES, EACH WITH A SPAN OF 12 M.(40 FT.). ANOTHER FAMOUS EXAMPLE IS THE COSGROVE AQUEDUCT ON THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL AT MILTON KEYNES IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. TELFORD PIONEERED THE USE OF CAST IRON IN BRIDGES AS WELL AS AQUEDUCTS, AND CAST IRON TROUGHS WERE WIDELY USED ELSEWHERE ON THE BRITISH CANAL NETWORK, ESPECIALLY WHERE A SECURE AND WATERTIGHT CROSSING OR BRIDGE WAS NEEDED. THE AQUEDUCT FOLLOWED TELFORD'S INNOVATIVE LONGDON-ON-TERN AQUEDUCT ON THE SHREWSBURY CANAL, AND WAS A FORERUNNER OF THE PONTCYSYLLTE AQUEDUCT ALSO ON THE LLANGOLLEN CANAL. IT POSSESSES A CAST IRON TROUGH WITHIN WHICH THE WATER IS CONTAINED, THE MASONRY WALLS EFFECTIVELY HIDING THE CAST IRON INTERIOR. THE AQUEDUCT WAS DESIGNED BY THOMAS TELFORD AND COMPLETED IN 1801. Robertson, Christopher Neil & Mike RutherfordĬHIRK AQUEDUCT IS A 21 M (70 FT) HIGH AND 220 M (710 FT) LONG AQUEDUCT THAT CARRIES THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL ACROSS THE CEIRIOG VALLEY AND WHICH MARKS THE BORDER BEWTEEN WALES AND ENGLAND. Tell you all you want to know (hang him by a.) Then stuck me to the afterglow (hang him by a thread) I hear it then I start to go (hang him by a thread) (You keep me hanging by.) I'm still hanging by a thread (You keep me hanging by.) I'm not finished yet You throw a length of rope, I grab, you hope

(You keep me hanging by.) 'Keep him hanging by a thread' (You keep me hanging by.) I heard it when you said (You keep me hanging by.) leaving me for dead (You keep me hanging by.) hanging by a thread And through the grief and pain, I'm half insane

Virgin Night by Christopher Robertson