2017

SX4258 : Coombe by Saltash Viaduct

taken 8 years ago, near to St Stephens, Cornwall, England

Coombe by Saltash Viaduct
Coombe by Saltash Viaduct
Coombe By Saltash Viaduct

A Class D viaduct 86 feet high and 603 feet long on 9 trestles. It was replaced by a stone viaduct on 19 October 1894. Because it crossed a deep, muddy tidal inlet, Brunel constructed this viaduct on timber piles and used timber trestles instead of stone piers. These were made from four groups of four timber baulks, each group raking inwards towards the top of the trestle.

Cornish Main Line

The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing from Cornwall into Devon over the famous Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash.
It directly serves Truro, St Austell, Bodmin (by a Parkway station), and Liskeard, and it forms the backbone for rail services in Cornwall, as well as providing a direct line to London, Birmingham, Leeds and Edinburgh. There are branches off the main line serving St Ives, Falmouth, Newquay, and Looe.
It is the southernmost railway line in the United Kingdom, and the westernmost in England. The line was fully completed in 1867.


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Geographical Context: Railways
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SX4258, 146 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 22 April, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 19 September, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 4293 5841 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:24.2711N 4:12.6993W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 4363 5871
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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