Trent Viaducts
Trent Viaducts | |
|---|---|
 Trent Viaducts as rebuilt around 1901 | |
| Coordinates | 52°52′25″N 1°15′58″W / 52.8735°N 1.2662°W |
| Crosses | River Trent |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Maintained by | Network Rail |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 600ft |
| Width | 40ft |
| Longest span | 100ft |
| Clearance above | 22ft |
| History | |
| Architect | Charles Blacker Vignoles |
| Fabrication by | Butterley Company |
| Construction start | June 1838 |
| Opened | 1839 |
| Location | |
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Trent Viaducts are two adjacent parallel railway bridges which carry the Midland Main Line over the River Trent between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Originally a single bridge, it was built by the engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles for the Midland Counties Railway in 1839.[1]
The Viaduct was rebuilt in 1901 when a second crossing was added by the Midland Railway to carry the high-level goods line from Toton. The rebuilding included the removal of the cast iron spans supplied by the Butterley Company. The additional line opened on 2 June 1901.[2]
On the Midland Railway System Maps of 1918, the bridges are identified as bridges 27 and 27a.[3]
Just south of the viaducts are twin tunnels through Red Hill.
References
- ^ The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874. E. G. Barnes, Augustus M. Kelley, New York, 1969. SBN 678060002
- ^ "Midland Railway Company". Derby Daily Telegraph. Derby. 2 August 1901. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ Midland Railway System Maps, distance diagrams, Sheet 13b. 1918
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