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also known as 'The Big Arch', Ebbw Vale. | also known as 'The Big Arch', Ebbw Vale. | ||
See [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2733443 Geograph entry]. | This curious bridge is part of a masonry viaduct. The bridge, when built in 1813, crossed a tramroad which was converted to a road in 1975. | ||
At some point, possibly 1848, another viaduct with a series of narrow arches was superimposed, carrying a mineral line at higher level from Ebbw Vale ironworks to Sirhowy Ironworks. The workmanship of the superimposed structure is inferior to that of the original bridge.<ref>'Britain's Historic Railway Buildings' by Gordon Biddle, Oxford University Press, 2003</ref> | |||
Photos [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300022532-newtown-bridge-ebbw-vale/photos#.YctKXSanzIV here] show the bridge before and after removal of the railway which passed through the arch. | |||
See also [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2733443 Geograph entry]. | |||
Revision as of 17:44, 28 December 2021
also known as 'The Big Arch', Ebbw Vale.
This curious bridge is part of a masonry viaduct. The bridge, when built in 1813, crossed a tramroad which was converted to a road in 1975.
At some point, possibly 1848, another viaduct with a series of narrow arches was superimposed, carrying a mineral line at higher level from Ebbw Vale ironworks to Sirhowy Ironworks. The workmanship of the superimposed structure is inferior to that of the original bridge.[1]
Photos here show the bridge before and after removal of the railway which passed through the arch.
See also Geograph entry.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'Britain's Historic Railway Buildings' by Gordon Biddle, Oxford University Press, 2003