Site of Gaunless Bridge
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Site of Gaunless Bridge
Image: © David Robinson Taken: 12 Jan 2023
Gaunless Bridge, designed by George Stephenson and finished in 1823, though rebuilt in 1825 following flood damage. A lenticular truss design built 55 years before such design was patented by William Douglas in 1878. The bridge was on the original route of the S&DR to Witton Park colliery, on the western side of Brussleton Incline. Following the building of Shildon tunnel as part of the Bishop Auckland branch, a new deviation on the flat made the incline redundant and the bridge remained serving a spur only. Taken out of use in 1901 and replaced with a flat steel span the lenticular truss was later reassembled in the corner of the National Railway Museum car park.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.633018
Longitude
-1.712761