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HER Number:	MCO55119
Name:	LISKEARD VIADUCT - Post Medieval railwayviaduct

Summary

The original piers of the Liskeard Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway.

Grid Reference:	SX 2498 6355
Parish:	Liskeard, Caradon, Cornwall
	Menheniot, Caradon, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

RAILWAY BRIDGE (19th Century to Unknown - 1859 AD)

Full description

Liskeard Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway at 264m 49c. A class A structure on nine fully buttressed piers, 720ft long and 150ft high. The piers have been raised and a steel girder superstructure replaced the timber original in 1894 (b2).

<1> Woodfin, RJ, 1972, The Cornwall Railway (Bibliographic reference). SCO5068.

<2> Binding. J, 1993, Brunel's Cornish Viaducts, 76 (Bibliographic reference). SCO20854.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO5068 - Bibliographic reference: Woodfin, RJ. 1972. The Cornwall Railway.
[2]	SCO20854 - Bibliographic reference: Binding. J. 1993. Brunel's Cornish Viaducts. 76.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

165670

Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument)

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