Workman at the top of his game
16:11, 19 June 2012
A hardy group of workers braved dizzying heights on Thursday to carry out maintenance work on the Kingsferry Bridge.
This picture shows a Network Rail engineer clinging to the bridge’s huge supports 120 ft above the water.
It was snapped by Barry Crayford, a volunteer lifeboat press officer at RNLI Sheerness.
Network Rail spokesman Chris Denham described the work as “routine maintenance”.
He said: “We have a crew based there permanently to look after what is a very specialised and very important piece of equipment.
"We carry out work on the structure on an ongoing basis to keep it in good condition.”
- Mr Denham also said suggestions the bridge, which opened in 1960, could become automated were untrue.
