Angarrack viaduct

Angarrack Viaduct
Angarrack Viaduct
Coordinates	50°11′36″N5°23′08″W / 50.193269°N 5.385473°W
Carries	Cornish Main Line
Locale	Angarrack, Cornwall
Preceded by	Penponds Viaduct
Followed by	Guildford Viaduct
Characteristics
Material	Granite
Total length	243 metres (797 ft)
No. of spans	11
History
Constructed by	H Stevens, Ashburton
Construction start	1883
Opened	1888
Statistics
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	THE VIADUCT AT SW58353801
Designated	14 January 1988
Reference no.	1143709
Legacy System	LBS
Legacy System number	70158
Location

Last updated August 15, 2023

Angarrack railway viaduct crosses the valley of the Angarrack River at Angarrack in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.^[2]

Geography

The eleven-arch granite-built viaduct ^[3] carries the Cornish Main Line railway across the steep-sided valley of the Angarrack River, a tributary of the River Hayle, between the present day stations of Camborne and Hayle.^[2] The village extends up the valley and under the viaduct.

History

The original viaduct at Angarrack was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the West Cornwall Railway and was "... built wholly of timber on stone footings".^[3] It was nearly 800 feet (240 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) high. The stone from the original Brunel footings was re-used to construct the sea wall on the approach to Penzance railway station. Today, no evidence remains of Brunel's original structure.^[3]

Building of the replacement commenced in January 1883 by Mr H Stevens of Ashburton, who also built the replacement viaducts at Redruth and Guildford (west of Angarrack).^[4] A tram-road of a few hundred yards was laid to a nearby quarry owned by Mr Gregor to provide infill for the granite viaduct. The foundations were expected to be at least 30 feet (9.1 m) deep and the work would take two to three years.^[5] It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1888 and its eleven granite arches each have a span of 56.5 feet (17.2 m). It is a Grade II listed building.^[1]

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Penponds Viaduct is a railway viaduct which carries the Cornish Main Line west of Camborne in Cornwall, England. It crosses over a small valley containing the southern arm of the Red River, and a minor road known as Viaduct Lane.

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References

1 2 Historic England & 1143709
1 2 Land's End. Landranger. Vol. 203. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. February 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7.
1 2 3 Binding, John (1993). Brunel's Cornish Viaducts. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishing/Historical Model Railway Society. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0-906899-56-7.
↑ "The New Redruth Railway Viaduct". The Cornishman. No. 322. 18 September 1884. p. 7.
↑ "The New Viaduct At Angarrack". The Cornishman. No. 237. 25 January 1883. p. 4.

Source

Historic England, "The Viaduct at SW58353801 (1143709)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 11 June 2020

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[FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1143709-1] 1 2 Historic England & 1143709

[OS-2] 1 2 Land's End. Landranger. Vol. 203. Southampton: Ordnance Survey. February 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7.

[Binding-3] 1 2 3 Binding, John (1993). Brunel's Cornish Viaducts. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishing/Historical Model Railway Society. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0-906899-56-7.

[4] "The New Redruth Railway Viaduct". The Cornishman. No. 322. 18 September 1884. p. 7.

[5] "The New Viaduct At Angarrack". The Cornishman. No. 237. 25 January 1883. p. 4.

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