Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway British Railways
Characteristics
Material
Wrought iron, stone pillars and supports
Total length
1,650 ft (502.9 m) (1,066 ft (324.9 m) + 584 ft (178.0 m))
Height
200 feet (61 m) Highest railway viaduct in the United Kingdom throughout its working life
Longest span
150 feet (46 m)
No. of spans
7 (Ebbw) + 3 (Kendon)
History
Architect
Charles Liddell
Designer
Thomas W. Kennard
Engineering design by
Falkirk Iron Co
Fabrication by
Falkirk Iron Co
Construction start
1853
Construction end
1857
Construction cost
£62,000 (£41 7s per foot)[1] (£6.262m at 2014 prices)[2]
Opened
1 June 1857
Closed
1964
Location
The viaduct passing over Crumlin Low Level Station
The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the village of Crumlin in South Wales, originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR) across the Ebbw River.
Hailed as "one of the most significant examples of technological achievement during the Industrial Revolution",[3][4] in its 107 years of service until being dismantled in 1965, it remained: the least expensive bridge for its size ever constructed; the tallest railway viaduct in the United Kingdom;[3] the third tallest viaduct in the world, after the aqueduct at Spoleto, Italy, and the timber viaduct in Portage, New York state.[3]
^Railway Magazine September 1957 pp. 647-649
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