Historic bridges · Northern Ireland
Crawfordsburn Viaduct
Crawfordsburn Viaduct in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Albert Bridge — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
About
Crawfordsburn Viaduct is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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The Crawfordsburn Viaduct is a railway viaduct in Crawfordsburn, County Down, Northern Ireland.
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Background
History
The viaduct was constructed by the Belfast, Holywood & Bangor Railway (BHBR), beginning in 1863, with the foundation stone being laid on October 3 of that year, and finishing in 1865, with the first passenger train to cross it being on May 18. The opening of the viaduct was attended by Charles Lanyon, Lord Dufferin, Major Crawford, and BHBR chairman Robert Ward. It is alleged that some time before BCDR takeover in 1884 that a child fell from the viaduct and was saved only by his clothes catching on a tree. The viaduct, along with the rest of the Holywood - Bangor line, was upgraded from single to double track between 1897 and 1902, some 13 years after having been taken over by the Belfast…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6628, -5.7297
- Established
- 1865
Sources
- wikidata: Q17779896 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Crawfordsburn Viaduct (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Crawfordsburn Viaduct?
- Crawfordsburn Viaduct is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6628°, -5.7297°.
- When was Crawfordsburn Viaduct built?
- Crawfordsburn Viaduct dates to 1865.