Railway Bridge across Deptford Creek - 1913

View image | gettyimages.com The railway bridge over Deptford Creek had to be lifted to allow masted vessels to pass. Any failure on the part of the railway, or its staff, to raise the bridge in a prompt and timely manner was a criminal offence. (The offence was abolished in the 1980s.) The bridge in the photograph was replaced by a lift bridge that simply raised the central span