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Also known as '''Rectory Junction Viaduct''', this cast iron, concrete, stone and brick arched viaduct carries railway lines across the River Trent. | Also known as '''Rectory Junction Viaduct''', this cast iron, concrete, stone and brick arched viaduct carries railway lines across the River Trent. | ||
Built 1848-1850 by the [[Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway]]. The River Trent was crossed by a | Built 1848-1850 by the [[Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway]]. The River Trent was crossed by a cast iron arch of 110ft span. The rest of the viaduct is comprised of masonry arches. | ||
[[Clayton and Shuttleworth]] of Lincoln supplied the ironwork. | [[Clayton and Shuttleworth]] of Lincoln supplied the ironwork. | ||
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at Radcliffe-on-Trent, east of Nottingham.
Also known as Rectory Junction Viaduct, this cast iron, concrete, stone and brick arched viaduct carries railway lines across the River Trent.
Built 1848-1850 by the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway. The River Trent was crossed by a cast iron arch of 110ft span. The rest of the viaduct is comprised of masonry arches.
Clayton and Shuttleworth of Lincoln supplied the ironwork.
In 1981 the iron bridge was strengthened using concrete, which included encasing the inner cast iron structure, but the outer ribs were not so treated, in order to maintain the attractive appearance.
See Engineering Timelines entry and Historic England entry.
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