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Old November 3rd 04, 10:06 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default What is the oldest object or construction in the world...

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kevin smith wrote:

if you are talking in the country then i Believe causey arch is the oldest
surviving "raiL" bridge in the world


Not been used to carry a railway in a very long time, though - not
since before 1800, IIRC.

'sides, if we're talking structures no longer in use then the oldest
recognisable railway structure known is clearly the Diolkos of
Corinth... (also the longest-operating public railway, in use from
about 600 BCE until around 65 CE - beat that!)

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