Crossing the Royal Albert Bridge
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The photograph on this page of Crossing the Royal Albert Bridge by Ian Taylor as part of the Geograph project.
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Crossing the Royal Albert Bridge
Image: © Ian Taylor Taken: 23 Aug 1963
View from a DMU train on the Cornish side of the bridge. Maintenance work is in progress, revealed by scaffolding and ladders. Presumably, it is a look-out man standing at the bottom of the ladder, his raincoat providing good camouflage. There doesn't appear to be much room to spare, but there's more than there used to be as the Cornwall Railway was originally broad gauge (7ft or 2.140m).
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Image Location
Latitude
50.407781
Longitude
-4.205614