Sankey Viaduct

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1831 view of the Viaduct
Sankey Viaduct and Sankey Brook in 2004

The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct at Bradley Lane, Collins Green, Burtonwood parish, Warrington Borough, crossing the Sankey Brook into Earlestown, Newton le Willows, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside.

History

The viaduct was built between 1828 and 1830 by George Stephenson for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company to enable the railway to cross the line of the Sankey Canal with sufficient clearance for the Mersey flats, the sailing vessels for which the canal was constructed. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building and is the earliest major railway viaduct in the world.[1][2]

Architecture

Constructed from yellow sandstone and red brick, the viaduct consists of nine round-headed arches carried on piers that incline sharply from the base towards the top.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 English Heritage, "Sankey Viaduct over Sankey Brook (that part in St Helens district) (1075927)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 October 2012 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 English Heritage, "Sankey Viaduct over Sankey Brook (that part in Warrington district) (1230621)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 October 2012 

Further reading

Pottgießer, Hans (1985). Eisenbahnbrücken aus zwei Jahrhunderten [Railway Bridges from Two Centuries]. Basel, Boston, Stuttgart: Birkhäuser. pp. 18–19. ISBN 3764316772.  (German)

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Coordinates: 53°26′51″N 2°39′03″W / 53.44745°N 2.65076°W / 53.44745; -2.65076

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