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1,900 feet (580 m) long with fall of about 185 feet (56 m); powered by stationary steam engine
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Angarrack Station - at Guildford 23 May 1843-16 Feb 1852; at Hatch's Hill 11 Mar 1852-1853 (used by Directors to inspect new viaduct)
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original viaduct at Angarrack designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the West Cornwall Railway; "built wholly of timber on stone footings"; was nearly 800 feet (240 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) high; originally timber structure of Margary Class Y, completed 1851; replaced by present masonry structure which has eleven arches and is 100 feet high completed 3 October 1888
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disused railway station; opened by West Cornwall Railway 11 March 1852; became a junction for Helston Railway 9 May 1887; branch line to Helston closed to passengers 3 September 1962, goods 5 October 1964 when Gwinear Road station also closed
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railway viaduct which carries Cornish Main Line west of Camborne; crosses over small valley containing southern arm of Red River, and minor road Viaduct Lane; The Hayle Railway opened railway through this site in 1837 to link Hayle and Redruth; to overcome significant change in elevation inclined plane built to east of present viaduct; West Cornwall Railway built timber trestle viaduct as part of more gently graded route which by-passed inclined plane; present-day viaduct built by Great Western Railway in 1888 as part of programme to replace timber viaducts and prepare for double track; current viaduct built of brick arches on stone piers
Portreath (Cornish: Porthtreth or Porth Treth); civil parish, village and fishing port on north coast of Cornwall; village is about three miles (5 km) west-north-west of Redruth; lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
opened 1837; just over 17 miles long with 4 inclines; 1843 started to carry passengers, but inclines proved dangerous and slow, inclines bypassed in 1852 and passengers travelled on this new route; ran east to Redruth, and from Redruth Junction north to Portreath and south to Tresavean and the Lanner mines; used 'standard' gauge width and Steam locomotion used from start, giving early advantage over Redruth and Chacewater line; 1852 acquired by West Cornwall Railway, in turn purchased by Great Western Railway 1866
1846 Cornwall Railway Act received Royal Assent, stipulated ferry Saltash replaced by railway bridge thus linking Cornwall to rest of UK by rail; Jul 4 1853 foundation first Cornish piers laid; central pier capped 1856; 1 Sep 1857 first truss floated out; first test train crossed 11 Apr 1859; HRH Prince Albert officially opened 2 May 1859; Brunel did not attend opening due to ill health; crossed his bridge on open wagon 2 days later and died 5 Sep 1859
railway company in Cornwall, formed 1846 to construct railway between Penzance and Truro; purchased the existing Hayle Railway, improved its main line, and built new sections between Penzance and Hayle, and between Redruth and Truro; opened throughout in 1852;
When the Cornwall Railway ; when reached Truro 1859, rail travel between Penzance and London was possible, by changing trains;
lacked funds to undertake mandatory improvements, forced to sell to the "Associated Companies"—in effect the Great Western Railway 1 January 1866
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