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Nickelson

20-06-2007 18:19

Viaduct

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 ?

WillowTheWhisp

20-06-2007 18:28

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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.

Sparkologist

20-06-2007 19:29

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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? :rolleyes:

WillowTheWhisp

20-06-2007 19:39

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That's a good question because it's not one continuous thing from the one in Whalley Road is it?

cashman

20-06-2007 23:27

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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.:D

panther

21-06-2007 17:44

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so does anyone know when it was built?

spud	21-06-2007 19:24

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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...

talentedbutslow

21-06-2007 19:55

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It was completed in 1852......and has 49 brick arches............

spud	21-06-2007 20:26

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49, NEVER!

I'm counting them in the morn!!

Don'tr know why bt 17 arches rings a bell...

WillowTheWhisp

21-06-2007 22:29

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Remember there's a solid lump between Whalley Road and the main viaduct so that arch probably doesn't count.

cashman

21-06-2007 22:47

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if theres 49 tal, i will become a dingle.:D

WillowTheWhisp

21-06-2007 23:15

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Sounds more like the Ribblehead viaduct or something maybe. Perhaps ours is the tightest curve of a viaduct.

entwisi

22-06-2007 06:25

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There is a panormama here http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/roundab...uk/viaduct.jpg that seems to have about 22 that I can count.

(Kipax, its OK, its HBCs bandwidth I'm nicking :D )

WillowTheWhisp

22-06-2007 07:44

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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!

talentedbutslow

22-06-2007 09:28

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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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