Cornwall Angarrack Viaduct Collage 131012
I was not sure if to put these on Flickr but I had travelled there before leaving Cornwall. If by Hayle you must try out the local pub around the corner from here. They are a couple from Coventry. The welcome and the food was fantastic Angarrack Inn
Angarrack railway viaduct is situated at Angarrack in west Cornwall, United Kingdom.
The eleven-arch granite-built viaduct 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. The village extends up the valley and under the viaduct.
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 present viaduct of roughly the same dimensions was an entirely new replacement structure and opened by the Great Western Railway in 1885. Its eleven stone arches each have a span of 56.5 feet (17.2 m).
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.
www.staustellbrewery.co.uk/pubs/a-z-of-pubs/70-angarrack-...
Cornwall Angarrack Viaduct Collage 131012
I was not sure if to put these on Flickr but I had travelled there before leaving Cornwall. If by Hayle you must try out the local pub around the corner from here. They are a couple from Coventry. The welcome and the food was fantastic Angarrack Inn
Angarrack railway viaduct is situated at Angarrack in west Cornwall, United Kingdom.
The eleven-arch granite-built viaduct 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. The village extends up the valley and under the viaduct.
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 present viaduct of roughly the same dimensions was an entirely new replacement structure and opened by the Great Western Railway in 1885. Its eleven stone arches each have a span of 56.5 feet (17.2 m).
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.
www.staustellbrewery.co.uk/pubs/a-z-of-pubs/70-angarrack-...