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Re: Longest time for a former railway bridge
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Goalie of the Century
Feb 13, 2016, 7:31:58 AM2/13/16
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In message <ZjNJyfA4...@perry.co.uk>, Roland Perry
<rol...@perry.co.uk> writes
>In message <jsqsbbl8rqf6ckodk...@4ax.com>, at 00:59:48 on
>Sat, 13 Feb 2016, damdu...@yahoo.co.uk remarked:
>
>>As Charlie Hume wrote a lot depends on what the OP may wish to define
>>as a Railway before we could decided on what contenders there are for
>>his answer.
>
>Or even a "bridge" - do viaducts count... ?
If so, there's the viaduct at Blaenavon, built in the 1790s, buried in
waste around 1815 and excavated (FSVO) by Time Team in 2001. It's still
there, still buried, so there's no prospect of it being demolished or
re-used.
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Goalie of the Century
<rol...@perry.co.uk> writes
>In message <jsqsbbl8rqf6ckodk...@4ax.com>, at 00:59:48 on
>Sat, 13 Feb 2016, damdu...@yahoo.co.uk remarked:
>
>>As Charlie Hume wrote a lot depends on what the OP may wish to define
>>as a Railway before we could decided on what contenders there are for
>>his answer.
>
>Or even a "bridge" - do viaducts count... ?
If so, there's the viaduct at Blaenavon, built in the 1790s, buried in
waste around 1815 and excavated (FSVO) by Time Team in 2001. It's still
there, still buried, so there's no prospect of it being demolished or
re-used.
--
Goalie of the Century
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