Abutment of dismantled railway bridge
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Abutment of dismantled railway bridge
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 24 Sep 2013
At the junction of Canal Street (left) and Wigton Road. The line here opened in 1837, as a goods extension from the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway's London Road depot to the Carlisle Canal basin. The bridge was rebuilt at least twice, following a collapse in 1875 and for road widening in the 1920s (see Cumberland News article 27.03.2009 http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/features/christmas/The-night-a-goods-train-took-the-plunge-0c1a8180-67ae-474c-b75c-f036b20090da-ds ). It ceased to be used after the Waverley Line closed in 1969, and was demolished in 1974. See also Image .
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Image Location
Latitude
54.893034
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-2.950241