Wolverton Viaduct is a railway bridge carrying the West Coast Main Line over the River Great Ouse to the north of Wolverton, part of Milton Keynes, in south-eastern England. Built in 1838 for the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) to the design of Robert Stephenson, it was the largest viaduct on the L&BR's route. It is in the centre of Wolverton Embankment, itself the largest on the line. It has six brick arches and covers a distance of 660 feet (200 metres), reaching a maximum height of 57 feet (17 metres) above the river, and terminating in substantial abutments which contain decorative arches. The viaduct and embankment feature in drawings by John Cooke Bourne. Several contemporary commentators likened Stephenson's bridges to Roman aqueducts. Some modern engineers and railway historians have suggested that Wolverton Viaduct is not as innovative or impressive as some that followed but nonetheless praised its visual impact.
The cutting caught fire during construction and suffered from slips and settlement problems for several years. The viaduct was widened to take four tracks in the 1880s with a blue-brick extension, in contrast to the red-brick original; the new structure was not bonded to the original and the divide can be clearly seen from underneath. Masts for overhead electrification were added in the 1950s but otherwise the bridge is little changed since it was built. It has common features with several other L&BR viaducts and is now a Grade II listed building.
WolvertonViaduct is a railway bridge carrying the West Coast Main Line over the River Great Ouse to the north of Wolverton, part of Milton Keynes, in...
earliest viaducts on this scale". From 1865 to 1964, there was a branch line from Wolverton to Newport Pagnell, primarily for employees of Wolverton Works...
Wolverton railway works, known locally as Wolverton Works or just The Works, was established in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, by the London and Birmingham...
Wolverton is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, England. It is located in the north-west of the city, beside the West Coast Main Line, the Grand Union...
Milton Keynes. Just south of Haversham beside the road to Wolverton, is the Wolverton Railway Viaduct over the valley of the river Great Ouse, of a Stephenson's...
of the line. Just to the south is Old Wolverton Road Bridge and Blue Bridge and to the north is WolvertonViaduct, both original to the L&BR. Immediately...
previous cutting at Tring and a series of bridges and viaducts of which the largest, WolvertonViaduct, is just south of Roade. Roade Cutting, sometimes known...
Old Wolverton Road Bridge (bridge number 171D) carries the West Coast Main Line over Old Wolverton Road just north of Wolverton Works in Buckinghamshire...
Northampton calling at Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley, Milton Keynes Central and Wolverton. West Midlands Trains also operates an hourly service between London Euston...
Bridge. No. xx. View of the Embankment at Wolverton, during its Progress. No. xxi. View of the WolvertonViaduct, from the South-West. No. xxii. and xxiii...
in 1838, and closed in 1960. The bridge is of a similar design to WolvertonViaduct, also built by the London and Birmingham, closer to London. Much of...
engineering projects on the line were the six-span, 18 metres (59 ft) high Wolvertonviaduct over the river Great Ouse, and the 1 mile 656 yards (2.209 km) long...
structures along the route of the Chiltern Main Line. The viaduct (Chalfonts No. 1 (Misbourne) Viaduct) crossing the M25 between Denham Golf Club and Gerrard's...
The Bletchley Flyover is a railway viaduct that crosses the West Coast Main Line (WCML) just south of Bletchley railway station in Milton Keynes, England...
had to cross the rivers Ouse, Nene and others. An aqueduct was built at Wolverton to carry the canal across the Ouse valley. Whilst the three-arch stone...
original four-wheelers. The locomotive workshops were established in 1838 at Wolverton, roughly halfway between the two termini at London and Birmingham. These...
Luffield; founded before 1136-44 (before/c.1155) by Meinfelin, Lord of Wolverton; dissolved 1524-5 (or 1526) by Cardinal Wolsey for Christ Church, Oxford;...
I listed structures on the line include London Paddington, Wharncliffe Viaduct, the 1839 Tudor gothic River Avon Bridge in Bristol, and Bristol Temple...
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and this temporary terminus was closed. Subsequently and for a time, Wolverton (a few miles further north and on the main road between Oxford and Cambridge...
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helped save it in the 1980s. Along the way, he explores the Ribblehead Viaduct, finds out about the navvies who helped to build it and catches a steam...
Maidenhead Boyne Hill station and High Wycombe. To reach Bourne End, a wooden viaduct was built across Cockmarsh and a wooden bridge was built across the River...
Kichenside 1982, p. 75. "Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Wolverton on 5th June 1847 :: The Railways Archive". railwaysarchive.co.uk. Retrieved...
saloons from the London and North Western Railway. They were built in the Wolverton Works under the direction of C.A. Park. Two saloons were provided, one...
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