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This little-known 'weak' bridge arries a minor road across a deep and wide railway cutting (Cambrian Line) near Middletown, Powys, Montgomeryshire, north east of Welshpool | This little-known 'weak' bridge arries a minor road across a deep and wide railway cutting (Cambrian Line) near Middletown, Powys, Montgomeryshire, north east of Welshpool | ||
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This little-known 'weak' bridge arries a minor road across a deep and wide railway cutting (Cambrian Line) near Middletown, Powys, Montgomeryshire, north east of Welshpool
Network Railway Bridge Reference: 13 36.25
Riveted wrought iron or steel plate girders supported by cast iron trestles. Brick and stone abutments. Cheap wooden handrails.
1897 'TREWERN. STORM.— On Sunday morning a very severe storm of wind and rain broke over the district. Towards night it blew a hurricane, stacks were unroofed, and the roofs blown away, buildings were badly damaged, trees uprooted, while a large wooden bridge (the property of the L. & N. W. Railway Company) which crosses over the line near Middletown station, became a wreck.'[1]. Same bridge?
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser - Saturday 4 December 1897