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The complex consists of six stone single-track 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge viaducts and bridges, dated from 1872 and 1916, either in use and extended for double line or abandoned on deviation in 1906.
On 22 July 1906 the bridge caught fire probably by the sparks from the funnels of one of the steam locomotives, but this was quickly noted and extinguished. The damage was only £30, and the bridge was used again one day later. [2] The bridge was sold by auction on 22 May 1912 [3] and disassembled in the same year for recycling the wood. Now ...
The only major bridge was the Pond de Guildo which carried dual gauge track serving the Chemin de Fer de l'Ouest and the CdN. This bridge had five spans of 26.1 metres (85 ft 8 in) and an opening span of 12 metres (39 ft 4 in), giving a total length of 147.5 metres (483 ft 11 in). It was demolished in 1974. [2] [4]
Huddersfield Viaduct (or Hillhouse Viaduct) [2] is a railway bridge to the north-east of Huddersfield railway station in West Yorkshire, England. The viaduct carries the Huddersfield Line connecting Huddersfield with Dewsbury, Leeds, and York eastwards, and Manchester and Liverpool westwards. The viaduct was built to carry two lines, but was ...
1873 (original bridge) Location The Smithtown Trestle (also known as the Smithtown Viaduct and the Nissequogue River Trestle ) is a railroad trestle carrying the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road over the Nissequogue River in Smithtown , Suffolk County , New York .
Chelfham Viaduct is a railway viaduct built in 1896–97 to carry the single track, narrow-gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) across the Stoke Rivers valley. Designed by L&B engineer, FW Chanter, and containing over a quarter of a million Marland bricks, its eight arches - each 42 feet (13 m) wide and 70 feet (21 m) high - meaning that the 132-yard (121 m)-long viaduct is the largest ...
The lease precluded the conversion of the line to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, and the Cornwall Railway refused to pay for the widening of the viaducts during rebuilding sufficient to accommodate a double line of standard gauge tracks. Following the amalgamation of the two companies on 1 July 1889 all the remaining viaducts on ...
The Coatesville High Bridge is a stone masonry arch railroad viaduct that crosses the valley of the West Branch Brandywine Creek at Coatesville, Pennsylvania.Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1902 and 1904, it has ten arches (eight of 78 feet (24 m) and two of 88 feet (27 m)) and spans a total length of 934 feet (285 m), with wing walls extending it to 1,287 feet (392 m). 78 feet (24 ...