Parapet, Cape Road bridge, Warwick
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Parapet, Cape Road bridge, Warwick
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 9 Feb 2021
While I was waiting to photograph a container freight train, the sun came out revealing a ghost sign on the rusting iron plates of the parapet. It reads: HORSEHAY Co LTD MAKERS SHROPSHIRE Horsehay Ironworks (1755-1984) was established north of Coalbrookdale by Abraham Darby II. By 1790 it was operating one of the first rolling mills. Horsehay became famous for constructing iron bridges and cranes http://www.dawleyheritage.co.uk/timeline/56/horsehay-ironworks-opened Brunel's Oxford to Birmingham Railway extension opened in 1852. There's every reason to believe that this is an original bridge. There is a narrow footway on each side, presumably added later, obscuring the lower part of 'Shropshire'.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.286751
Longitude
-1.591235