Angarrack viaduct

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

term Location type
Building - Grade II listed
Railway
viaduct
term related Locations
Angarrack
Hayle Railways
West Cornwall Railway
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Angarrack viaduct (Building - Grade II listed, Railway, viaduct 2185)
Glossify detail
The Angarrack Viaduct, near Hayle - completion 2nd October 1885
Notable People
Brunel; Isambard Kingdom 1806–1859
related Media images
Angarrack viaduct - entrance to Riverside looking east about 1900
A large group of workers building the new stone viaduct at Hayle, to replace Brunels original timber construction which opened in 1852
Steam Train Crossing Angarrack Viaduct
Angarrack viaduct to the sea
geocode name
Angarrack viaduct, Riverside
Detailed listing
Detailed listing

Angarrack Viaduct, Riverside, Angarrack: originally timber structure of Margary Class Y, completed in 1851. Replaced by the present masonry structure in 1885, which has eleven arches and is 105 feet high to top of parapet wall; cost of erection said to have been over £15,000.; opened for traffic on Saturday week. [3 October 1885]

Angarrack Viaduct
Coordinates 50.193269°N 5.385473°W
Carries Cornish Main Line
Locale Angarrack, Cornwall
Preceded by Penponds Viaduct
Followed by Guildford Viaduct
Characteristics
Material Granite
Total length 243 metres (797 ft)
No. of spans 11
History
Constructed by H Stevens, Ashburton
Construction start 1883
Opened 1888
Statistics
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name The viaduct at SW58353801
Designated 14 January 1988
Reference no. 1143709
Legacy System LBS
Legacy System number 70158
Location
Map
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Angarrack railway viaduct crosses the valley of the Angarrack River at Angarrack in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1]

Geography

The eleven-arch granite-built viaduct [2] carries the Cornish Main Line railway across the steep-sided valley of the Angarrack River, a tributary of the River Hayle, between the present day stations of Camborne and Hayle.[1]   The village extends up the valley and under the viaduct.

History

The original viaduct at Angarrack was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the West Cornwall Railway and was "built wholly of timber on stone footings".[2]   It was nearly 800 feet (240 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) high.   The stone from the original Brunel footings was re-used to construct the sea wall on the approach to Penzance railway station.   Today, no evidence remains of Brunel's original structure.[2]

Building of the replacement commenced in January 1883 by Mr H Stevens of Ashburton, who also built the replacement viaducts at Redruth and Guildford (west of Angarrack).[3]   A tram-road of a few hundred yards was laid to a nearby quarry owned by Mr Gregor to provide infill for the granite viaduct.   The foundations were expected to be at least 30 feet (9.1 m) deep and the work would take two to three years.[4]   It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1888 and its eleven granite arches each have a span of 56.5 feet (17.2 m).   It is a Grade II listed building.[5]

See also

References

  1. Land's End. Landranger. Vol. 203. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. February 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7.
  2. Binding, John (1993). Brunel's Cornish Viaducts. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishing/Historical Model Railway Society. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0-906899-56-7.
  3. "The New Redruth Railway Viaduct". The Cornishman. No. 322. 18 September 1884. p. 7.
  4. "The New Viaduct At Angarrack". The Cornishman. No. 237. 25 January 1883. p. 4.
  5. Historic England & 1143709

Source

Angarrack viaduct - Wikipedia

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Angarrack | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (GENERAL POWERS) | In Parliament.—Session 1909

Submitted by webmaster on Fri, 28/07/2023 - 03:47

Certain lands, in the parish of Phillack East,
in the urban district of Phillack, lying on and
adjoining the southern side of the said West
Cornwall Railway and lying between points
respectively about 6 chains and 30 chains west
of Angarrack Viaduct.

Certain lands, in the same parish and urban
district and in the parish of Gwinear, in the
rural district of Redruth, lying on and ad-
joining the southern side of the said West
Cornwall Railway and extending from the
eastern end of Angarrack Viaduct to the
main road at the eastern end of Gwinear-road
Station.

...

In the parish of Phillack East, in the urban
district of Phillack, in the county of Cornwall—
The lengthening at the southern end of the
bridge known as Guildford Bridge which carries
the road leading from Gwinear to Guildford
over the West Cornwall Railway of the Com-
pany at a point 16 1/2 chains, or thereabouts,
west of Angarrack Viaduct.

reference term Locations
Angarrack viaduct
West Cornwall Railway
Great Western Railway
Guildford
Gwinear Road station
Reference
Transport-Railways
Year Published
1908
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