Railway bridges at Hamworthy
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Railway bridges at Hamworthy
Image: © Peter Kazmierczak Taken: 4 Oct 2009
Exactly 46 years separates the construction of these two railway bridges over Blandford Road. The one in the foreground, now disused, opened on 1st June 1847 by the Southampton & Dorchester Railway. The one in the background, which now carries the current London to Weymouth mainline, was opened on 1st June 1893 by the London & South Western Railway.
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Image Location
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