Description

SK 32 NE PARISH OF MELBOURNE TRENT LANE, KINGS
3/169 NEWTON
(North Side)
Railway Bridge over
the River Trent
II
Railway bridge. 1867. Cast iron with wooden decking, and rock
faced stone. Wide cast iron bridge on six rows of supports with
stone abutments to either end. The rows of supports are made up
of five columns with bracketed tops, those to outside with
bracketed tops lower and supporting pierced braces with central
roundels to either side and a central pier with an attached half
column. Inner columns carry riveted plate girders whilst outer
columns have a raised and fielded panel over the half column and
lattice work girders to either side. Wooden decking to top and
pierced parapets to sides with panels to base and plain piers.
Part of the Derby to Ashby line, opened in 1867, principally to
provide a rail link to transport milk and vegetables to London.

Listing NGR: SK3890227511

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570021

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)