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railway bridge, Lakeside
site name:-   Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
locality:-   Lakeside
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway bridge
coordinates:-   SD37808705
1Km square:-   SD3787
10Km square:-   SD38


photograph
BMN11.jpg (taken 15.8.2006)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ACCOMMODATION BRIDGE CARRYING PATH OVER THE LAKESIDE AND HAVERTHWAITE RAILWAY (NGR SD 871377) / / / COLTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 422257 / SD3780187047"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Accommodation bridge carrying a private path over the Lakeside &Haverthwaite Railway (formerly a branch of the Furness Railway). 1869. Rockfaced snecked rubble piers supporting cast-iron girder bridge. Piers rise to form interrupted parapet (with moulded copings) connected by iron railings (with alternate roundels at mid-rail level); girders ( decorated with paterae) with arched ribs enclosing pierced roundels within spandrels. 3 spans overall."

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