Building record 1342100000 - River Colne Viaduct
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- RAILWAY VIADUCT (Built 1902-6, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Colne Viaduct built between 1902 and 1906 as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway route between Northolt and Bicester (Aynho). A 5-arch skew bridge of blue Staffordshire engineering bricks with semi-elliptical arches, projecting stringcourse of bullnosed brick, projecting corbelled refuges and solid piers with square corners, stepped brick imposts and no plinths, designed in the Great Western Railway house style, probably by GWR's civil engineering department under James Inglis (GWR Chief Civil Engineer until 1903) and built by Pauling & Co. of Westminster. Span of 4 arches is 15.3m, span of central river arch is 23m and max height of arches is about 11m. The viaduct was built to cross the River Colne (B1).
Viaduct is of concrete faced with brick (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC23023 Unpublished document: Highways Agency. 2007. M25 Widening: Junctions 16 to 23: Part 7: Cultural Heritage Technical Report. Part 7.
- <2>SBC23891 Bibliographic reference: Colin G Maggs. 2010. The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire. page 25.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 04785 87625 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 10 2015 2:38PM
