2016

TQ3180 : Blackfriars Railway Bridge

taken 7 years ago, near to London, The City of London, England

Blackfriars Railway Bridge
Blackfriars Railway Bridge
There have been two structures with the name. The first bridge was opened in 1864 and was designed by Joseph Cubitt for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. Massive abutments at each end carried the railway's insignia, preserved and restored on the south side. It eventually became too weak to support modern trains, and was removed in 1985 - all that remains is a series of columns crossing the Thames and the southern abutment, which is a Grade II listed structure LinkExternal link . The remaining bridge, built slightly further downstream (to the east), was originally called St Paul's Railway Bridge and opened in 1886. It was designed by John Wolfe-Barry and Henry Marc Brunel and is made of wrought iron.

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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage Railways
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TQ3180, 3503 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 8 October, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3172 8067 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.5768N 0:6.2002W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3195 8055
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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