Talk:Severn Railway Bridge

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[edit] Re-use?

The newsreel in the external links section mentions that it was hoped to sell some of the spans for re-use. Does anyone know if this actually happened and, if so, where? --Cavrdg 07:41, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ron Huxley's book says (chapter 7, p126/7):- 'British Rail had, in the meantime,discovered the possibility of disposal of the bridge spans as building units...' (Never did quite understand how!) Linuxlad 09:30, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I have found a page that says The bridge's iron girders were - believe it or not - sold to Chile where they are used today on a viaduct carrying a road! No more details, though, and probably not sufficiently authoritative to include in the main entry. --Cavrdg 20:30, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Just checked with a friend of mine in Sharpness (Ron H having died 10 or more years back now) - he says, some weren't re-usable, some were sold for scrap and some went to South America, but he's not sure where. So it seems like the Chile story may have validity.Linuxlad 20:54, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)