Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1998. Railway bridge. 2 related planning applications.
Railway Bridge
- WRENN ID
- upper-bailey-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1998
- Type
- Railway bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK0181 WHALEY BRIDGE BUXTON ROAD
912/1/10006 Railway Bridge
II
Railway bridge. c1863. Possibly by William Baker, Chief engineer of the London and North Western railway. Cast iron with stone abutments. Quarry faced grindstone abutments with dressed stone caps. Double track bed carried on four cast iron arched ribs cast in two parts and joined in the centre. The spandrels each have five rectangular headed openings diminishing towards the centre. Cornice and solid parapet above, also iron. History: This bridge carries the Whaley Bridge to Buxton line of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge railway which was opened on 16/06/1863. It was an extension of the line from Stockport to Whaley Bridge which was opened in 1857. It became part of the London and North Western Railway in 1866. Reference: John Marshall, the Cromford and High Peak Railway, 1996, pps.30-32.
Listing NGR: SK0114881154
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