of the timber viaducts by all-masonry structures began in the 1870s but a few remained in service until the 1930s. The Cornwall Railway linked Plymouth...
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Carnon viaduct carries a railway line from Truro to Falmouth – now branded the Maritime Line – over the valley of the Carnon River in west Cornwall, United...
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when the replacement viaduct was built alongside. The original viaducts are fully discussed in the article Cornwall Railway viaducts. Many smaller masonry...
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Cornish Main Line (category Rail transport in Cornwall)
conversion. Both the West Cornwall and the Cornwall railways had been built cheaply and had numerous timber trestle viaducts; these were cheap to build...
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Angarrack railway viaduct crosses the valley of the Angarrack River at Angarrack in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The eleven-arch granite-built...
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The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It purchased...
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Line Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Cornish Riviera Express Cornwall Minerals Railway Cornwall Railway Cornwall Railway viaducts GWR 3700 Class 3440 City...
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Gorge, from Hotwells to Ashton Gate, would require massive embankments and viaducts. The alternative was to build across the narrowest point of the Avon Gorge...
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Penponds Viaduct is a railway viaduct which carries the Cornish Main Line west of Camborne in Cornwall, England. It crosses over a small valley containing...
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large viaducts on the route. These, and a bridge, were designed in timber by Brunel. All built in 1859, from south to north they are: The viaducts were...
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