Pooley Bridge that spanned the River Eamont, below Ullswater had withstood the elements since it was built in 1764, but it was no match for Storm Desmond and was completely destroyed. Photo taken on Tuesday 8th December 2015, showing British Telecom engineers trying to restore communications to the otehr side, after they were cut by the bridge collapse, along with British Army soldiers. The storm set a new British record for rainfsll totals in a day with falling in 24 hours.
Pooley Bridge that spanned the River Eamont, below Ullswater had withstood the elements since it was built in 1764, but it was no match for Storm Desmond and was completely destroyed. Photo taken on Tuesday 8th December 2015, showing British Telecom engineers trying to restore communications to the otehr side, after they were cut by the bridge collapse, along with British Army soldiers. The storm set a new British record for rainfsll totals in a day with falling in 24 hours.
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Photo credit: © Ashley Cooper pics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: aftermath, army, bridge, british, bt, change, climate, collapsed, communications, cost, cumbria, cut, damage, deluge, desmond, destroyed, eamont, enginee, engineer, engineers, extreme, flood, flooded, flooding, floods, global, heavy, lake, life, line, link, pooley, rain, restore, river, sodden, soldier, spate, storm, telecom, uk, ullswater, uniform, warming, washed, water, waters, weather, wet
