Pontoon bridge transport soldiers and artillery across rivers in the South. In 1872 at a military review before Queen Victoria, a pontoon bridge was thrown across the River Thames at Windsor, Berkshire, where the river was wide. The bridge, comprising 15 pontoons held by 14 anchors, was completed in 22 minutes and then used to move five battalions of troops across the river. It was removed in 34 minutes the next day. The British Blanshard Pontoon stayed in British use until the late 1870s, when it was replaced by the "Blood Pontoon". The Blood Pontoon returned to the open boat system, which
Junk Ensemble Culture Ireland Touring Award in 2008, and its production "The Rain Party" won the Excellence and Innovation Award in 2007. The Sunday Times (UK) has written that "junk ensemble has created some of the most impressive contemporary dance in Ireland of recent years" and Irish Theatre Magazine said that Junk Ensemble "do not disappoint in artistic experiment with bold visual staging and musical adventuring." Productions are listed with the year and venue of their debut. Junk Ensemble Junk Ensemble (styled junk ensemble) is a dance theater company, working in a genre related to Tanztheater. The company was established in 2004