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Wootton Bridge is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward with about 3,000 residents on the Isle of Wight, first recorded around the year 1086. [2]
The Wootton bridge collapse occurred on 11 June 1861, when the rail bridge over the road between Leek Wootton and Hill Wootton in Warwickshire collapsed under the weight of a passing goods train on the line between Leamington Spa and Kenilworth owned by the London and North Western Railway Company. The train had passed over the bridge safely in ...
Total collapse of bridge Section of broken girder Wootton Bridge: Wootton: United Kingdom 11 June 1861: Cast iron rail bridge Cast iron beams cracked and failed 2 killed Total damage to floor Wootton Bridge crash, caused by a flawed design & unreliable cast iron, failed from a repair Platte Bridge: St. Joseph, Missouri: United States 3 ...
Fishbourne is a village between Wootton and Ryde, on the Isle of Wight.. The name "Fishbourne" might mean "stream of fish" or "fish spring." [3]It is positioned on the eastern bank of Wootton Creek, and includes the terminal for the Wightlink car ferry from Portsmouth.
The parish touches Arreton, Brighstone, Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield, Chillerton and Gatcombe, Havenstreet and Ashey, Northwood, Shorwell, Whippingham and Wootton Bridge. [2] There are 338 listed buildings in Newport and Carisbrooke. [3] The community council is based in The Granary in Newport. [4]
Wootton bridge after the crash 11 June – United Kingdom – Wootton bridge collapse: A cast iron bridge near Kenilworth, Warwickshire collapses under a London and North Western Railway freight train. Both crew of the locomotive are killed.
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Wootton Creek, looking south towards Wootton Bridge Wootton Creek on a clear winter day in January 2009. Wootton Creek is a tidal estuary that flows into the Solent on the north coast of the Isle of Wight. The estuary has also been known in the past as "Fishbourne Creek", "Wootton River" and "Wootton Haven".