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HER Number:MCO55130
Name:COLDRENNICK VIADUCT - Post Medieval railway viaduct

Summary

Coldrennick Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway.

Grid Reference:SX 2917 6116
Parish:Menheniot, Caradon, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Coldrennick Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway at 261m 42c. A class A viaduct, 795ft long and 138ft high. The piers were raised and wrought iron girders replaced the timber superstructure in 1898. The original Brunel piers were encased in granite to strengthen them in 1933 (b2).


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

<2> Binding. J, 1993, Brunel's Cornish Viaducts, 71 (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. 71.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

165670Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument)