Former Severn And Wye Railway Tramway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1994. Bridge.
Former Severn And Wye Railway Tramway Bridge
- WRENN ID
- stony-footing-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1994
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The following building shall be added to the list:-
LYDNEY STATION ROAD SO 60 SW 7/10001 Former Severn and Wye Railway Tramway Bridge - II Tramway bridge. Built c1810 for Lydney and Lydbrook Canal Company (later Severn and Wye Railway). Squared and coursed stone with ashlar parapet, set on a curved alignment with voussoirs to semi-circular arch. A complete and rare example of a structure associated with a horse-drawn tramway, preceding the introduction of steam-powered locomotion. The tramroad was built to improve the export of Forest of Dean coal, both up the Wye to Hereford and to the Thames Valley via the basin at Lydney and the Severn. (Hadfield C, The Canals of South Wales and The Border, Cardiff, 1967, pp 208-17)
Listing NGR: SO6331301997
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