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HER Number:MCO55194
Name:FORDER VIADUCT - C19 railway viaduct

Summary

Forder Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway.

Grid Reference:SX 4151 5742
Parish:Saltash, Caradon, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

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

Full description

Forder Viaduct on the Cornwall Railway at 252m 54c. Forder was a Margary class 'C' all-timber structure, and was dismantled in 1908 when the Wearde Deviation was opened to the north.


<1> MacDermot, ET, 1964, History of the Great Western Railway: 1863-1921, vol2, VOL 2, 146 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3887.

<2> Stengelhofen, J, 1988, Cornwall's Railway Heritage, 47 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4486.

<3> Binding. J, 1993, Brunel's Cornish Viaducts, 63 (Bibliographic reference). SCO20854.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO3887 - Bibliographic reference: MacDermot, ET. 1964. History of the Great Western Railway: 1863-1921, vol2. VOL 2, 146.
[2]SCO4486 - Bibliographic reference: Stengelhofen, J. 1988. Cornwall's Railway Heritage. 47.
[3]SCO20854 - Bibliographic reference: Binding. J. 1993. Brunel's Cornish Viaducts. 63.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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