Historic bridges · South West England
Chelfham Viaduct
In or near Brayford.
Chelfham Viaduct — Bridge in Chelfham, North Devon.
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About
Chelfham Viaduct is a bridge in south west. (Bridge in Chelfham, North Devon.) According to Wikipedia: "Chelfham Viaduct is a railway viaduct built in 1896–97 to carry the single track, narrow-gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) across the Stoke Rivers valley. Designed by L&B engineer, FW Chanter, and containing over a quarter of a million Marland bricks, its eight arches - each 42 feet (13 m) wide and 70 feet (21 m) high - meaning that the 132-yard (121 m)-long viaduct is the largest narrow gauge railway structure in England. Chelfham Viaduct was Bridge number 22 of the 80 that carried or spanned the railway over its 19-mile (31 km) length. The viaduct was classified as a Grade II listed structure on 25 February 1965."
- Coordinates
- 51.1031, -3.9874
Sources
- osm: w1123442592 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Chelfham Viaduct (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Lynton and Barnstaple Railway - Chelfham Viaduct.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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