Castlefield Railway Viaduct From G-Mex To Dawson Street

SJ8297NW 698-1/18/115 04/02/88

MANCHESTER DEANSGATE

Castlefield Railway Viaduct from G-Mex to Dawson Street

(Formerly Listed as: DEANSGATE Castlefield Railway Viaduct from Central Station, dividing into 2, rejoining an)

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Railway viaduct. c.1880. Cast iron and wrought iron (?); red brick to east of Duke Street. Runs south-west from former Central Station, then westwards, dividing into two over Castlefield and rejoining west of River Medlock. Cast iron drum piers rising to square castellated towers supporting metal lattice parapet. Castellated brick piers with stone dressings to Gothic style skew bridges over River Medlock and roadways. To east of Duke Street viaduct is of brick with segmental arches and castellated brick piers. At western end a blue brick bridge over Dawson Street.

Listing NGR: SJ 83220 97620