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HER Number:	MCO55193
Name:	WIVELSCOMBE VIADUCT - Post Medieval railway viaduct

Summary

Wivelscombe Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway.

Grid Reference:	SX 4033 5694
Parish:	Saltash, Caradon, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

RAILWAY VIADUCT (19th Century to Edwardian - 1859 AD to 1908 AD)

Full description

Wivelscombe Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway at 253m 43c. Wivelscombe was a Margary class 'C' structure, and was demolished after the Wearde Deviation to the north was opened in 1908.

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

<2> Binding. J, 1993, Brunel's Cornish Viaducts, 64 (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. 64.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

165670

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

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