Pwll-y-Pant / Llanbradach Viaduct - demolished
Although this negative came with no details, the location, with the help of the link below has been identified as the remains of the Pwll-y-Pant / Llanbradach railway viaduct near Energlyn.
The viaduct was completed in 1904 as part of the Barry Railway extension from Penrhos Lower Junction to Duffryn Isaf Junction (Barry Junction), which opened on January 2nd 1905.
The viaduct comprised eleven spans of 162 feet (brick piers/metal girder) and five spans of 36 feet (brick arches).
The Grouping of 1922 created a duplication of routes in many areas, including the line that crossed the Pwll-y-Pant viaduct. The line closed on August 4th 1926. The viaduct remained intact until demolished in 1938 (see link below for British Pathe newsreel of the piers being blown up). The girders were toppled from the piers, falling to the ground and cut up on the spot. The debris from the blown up piers remained as in the photograph.
However when the A468 Caerphilly Bypass was constructed the pier debris was cleared away.
One brick arch is still standing, located at the end of Central Street in Energlyn
Original photographer unknown.
Pwll-y-Pant / Llanbradach Viaduct - demolished
Although this negative came with no details, the location, with the help of the link below has been identified as the remains of the Pwll-y-Pant / Llanbradach railway viaduct near Energlyn.
The viaduct was completed in 1904 as part of the Barry Railway extension from Penrhos Lower Junction to Duffryn Isaf Junction (Barry Junction), which opened on January 2nd 1905.
The viaduct comprised eleven spans of 162 feet (brick piers/metal girder) and five spans of 36 feet (brick arches).
The Grouping of 1922 created a duplication of routes in many areas, including the line that crossed the Pwll-y-Pant viaduct. The line closed on August 4th 1926. The viaduct remained intact until demolished in 1938 (see link below for British Pathe newsreel of the piers being blown up). The girders were toppled from the piers, falling to the ground and cut up on the spot. The debris from the blown up piers remained as in the photograph.
However when the A468 Caerphilly Bypass was constructed the pier debris was cleared away.
One brick arch is still standing, located at the end of Central Street in Energlyn
Original photographer unknown.