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West Green Bridge, Burgh by Sands
West Green Bridge
site name:-   Port Carlisle Dock and Railway
locality:-   West End
locality:-   Burgh by Sands
civil parish:-   Burgh by Sands (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway bridge
coordinates:-   NY31855891
1Km square:-   NY3158
10Km square:-   NY35
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


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BUF39.jpg (taken 11.3.2011)  
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BUF40.jpg (taken 11.3.2011)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  West Green Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WEST GREEN BRIDGE / / / BURGH BY SANDS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78236 / NY3185758919"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge over canal, later railway bridge. 1819-23 for the Carlisle Canal; additions of 1853-4 for the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company. Squared and coursed red and calciferous sandstone; cast-iron central parapet on supporting wooden pillars. Plinth with rounded corners was originally the supporting structure for a canal drawbridge. Increased in height to convert this to a railway bridge, when the canal closed. When the railway closed in 1964, the wooden supports were placed under the bridge."


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BUF41.jpg  View E.
(taken 11.3.2011)  
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BUF42.jpg  View W.
(taken 11.3.2011)  

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