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Old 20-06-2007, 18:19   #1
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when was it built, how many arches does it have and i once got tolded of a teacher at my school is it the most curved bridge in the world is that bull ?
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Old 20-06-2007, 18:28   #2
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It might have been the most curved viaduct once. Not sure if that still applies. I tried to count the arches once but confused myself. I may try again.
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Old 20-06-2007, 19:29   #3
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Not wishing to sound pedantic, but I was just wondering, do the bridges that span Whalley Rd & Blackburn Rd count as part of the viaduct?
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Old 20-06-2007, 19:39   #4
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That's a good question because it's not one continuous thing from the one in Whalley Road is it?
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Old 20-06-2007, 23:27   #5
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Re: Viaduct
dont see how the whalley rd one can Sparks, its a fair bit down the line to where it starts, used to walk it as a kid lol,never gave any thought to the blackburn rd one as there used to be signalmen.
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Old 21-06-2007, 17:44   #6
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so does anyone know when it was built?
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Old 21-06-2007, 19:24   #7
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In a bygone time of great wealth. Could anyone imagine today's govt. taking on building a railway system of such massive proportions as the Victorians did?

Then again, that cut over th' pennines was another one...
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Old 21-06-2007, 19:55   #8
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It was completed in 1852......and has 49 brick arches............
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Old 21-06-2007, 20:26   #9
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49, NEVER!

I'm counting them in the morn!!

Don'tr know why bt 17 arches rings a bell...
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Old 21-06-2007, 22:29   #10
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Re: Viaduct
Remember there's a solid lump between Whalley Road and the main viaduct so that arch probably doesn't count.
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Old 21-06-2007, 22:47   #11
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if theres 49 tal, i will become a dingle.
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Old 21-06-2007, 23:15   #12
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Re: Viaduct
Sounds more like the Ribblehead viaduct or something maybe. Perhaps ours is the tightest curve of a viaduct.
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Old 22-06-2007, 06:25   #13
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There is a panormama here that seems to have about 22 that I can count.


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Old 22-06-2007, 07:44   #14
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It's hard to tell from that because some of the arches are behind a tree but I think I counted 24!
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This is straight outta Google.............

LANCASHIRE ACCRINGTON Accrington means 'place where acorns are ...Discover more about it's history by following the Accrington Acorn Trail, ...... The nearly railway viaduct, completed in 1852, with its 49 brick arches, ...
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