November 16th 06, 07:21 PM
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The first bow-string arch bridge in Britain to carry a railway
"BH Williams" wrote in message
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"Peter Fox" wrote in message
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"John Rowland" wrote in message
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http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-cent...t.asp?prID=934
Rubbish. There is a bowstring arch bridge on the Sheffield Supertram
system, right in the middle of the city.
Peter Fox
It also looks very similar to the structure which used to take the railway
from West Wylam to Scotswood, at Hagg Bank- that dates from the mid 19th
century, I believe. A search for photos of 'Wylam' and 'Peter Robinson'
should throw something up, as he seems to have taken hundreds there.
Brian
A good source for NE structural images is 'Sine':
http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_image.asp...al_doc_id=4525
Paul S
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