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Sherbourne Viaduct
The Sherbourne Viaduct is a railway bridge that carries the Birmingham Loop line across the River Sherbourne in Coventry, central England. Built in 1838, it is a grade II listed building. Description The Sherbourne Viaduct is located to the south east of Coventry city centre on the Birmingham Loop line on the route to Rugby. By road, it is east of the A4114 London Road. The viaduct is built from red brick. It consists of one large central arch over the river flanked by three much smaller arches on either side. The bridge has a cornice and string course decoration which, along with the arches, are dressed in ashlar. Smaller, pointed, arches are cut into the piers of the ancillary arches. The main arch is supported by very large pilasters and similar pilasters are found at the terminating ends of the ancillary arches. History The viaduct was built in 1838 by Robert Stephenson, chief engineer to the London and Birmingham Railway. It is still in use as part of the Birmingham Loop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham Loop
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the Birmingham metropolitan area, wider metropolitan area. It is the ESPON metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom, largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame, West Midlands, River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole, West Midlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sowe Viaduct
The Sowe Viaduct is a railway bridge on the Birmingham Loop line crossing the River Sowe at the south-eastern edge of Coventry in central England. Built in 1838, it is a Grade II listed building. Description The bridge carries the Birmingham Loop railway line across the River Sowe, a tributary of the Avon. It is oriented roughly east to west and located between Coventry and , on the outskirts of the city. By road, it is just east of the A4082. It consists of one main arch flanked by three much smaller arches on each side. The bridge is built from red brick with stone dressings to the arches. The arches have substantial voussoirs. Within the piers supporting the ancillary arches, smaller arches are cut. The structure is decorated with vermiculation and string course with a cornice that runs the length of the bridge. The main arch is flanked by giant pilasters; similar pilasters mark both ends of the viaduct. The bridge has many patches of blue engineering brick, evidence of previou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1838 Establishments In England
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Railway Bridges In The West Midlands (county)
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridges Completed In 1838
A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross. There are many different designs of bridges, each serving a particular purpose and applicable to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, and the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it. The earliest bridges were likely made with fallen trees and stepping stones. The Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland. The Arkadiko Bridge (dating from the 13th century BC, in the Peloponnese) is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use. Etymology The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' traces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade II Listed Bridges
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Spon End Viaduct
Spon End Viaduct is a railway bridge which spans the River Sherbourne in Spon End, just west of the city centre of Coventry in central England. Description and history The viaduct is just north of Coventry station on the Coventry to Nuneaton railway line. It spans the River Sherbourne and its flat valley as it passes through Spon End, a suburb just to the west of Coventry city centre. Construction started in 1848 and the line opened in 1850. The viaduct is a quarter of a mile (0.4 kilometres) long and consists of 28 arches, each with a span. In 1857, 23 of the arches collapsed. The collapse was blamed on shoddy workmanship and poor quality materials. The collapsed section was rebuilt but the line was not able to reopen until October 1860. Not all of the viaduct was rebuilt, as part of the original viaduct was deemed to be good enough to be reused. An act of parliament had to be sought to authorise the reconstruction works. In the meantime, Coundon Road became the temporary termi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Charterhouse, Coventry
The Charterhouse, Coventry (also known as St. Anne's Priory, Coventry) is a grade I listed building on London Road, Coventry, in the West Midlands of England. The current building incorporates remains from the charterhouse of St Anne, the foundation stone for which was laid in 1385 by King Richard II. It contains additions from the 15th and 16th centuries, as well as several wall paintings dating to the same era. It ceased operation as a monastery during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Some of the original window tracery still survives. It was used as a private home from 1848 to around 1940 when it was left as a centre for arts and culture. The Coach House and Medieval Precinct Wall to the Charterhouse form a group of listed buildings. The Charterhouse itself is a grade I listed building, the precinct wall is grade II* listed, the coach house is grade II listed, and the whole site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The site has been placed on the Heritage at Risk Register due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mile Lane Bridge
Mile Lane Bridge is a road-over-rail bridge in Coventry, central England. It is possibly the first use of a flying arch over a railway cutting and is a Grade II listed building. Description Mile Lane runs roughly south from Coventry ring road and crosses the Rugby to Coventry section of the Birmingham Loop railway line to the south of Coventry city centre, near London Road Cemetery. The railway on the approach to Coventry is in a deep sandstone cutting. The bridge is a flying arch, meaning it has no abutments and instead springs directly from the cutting walls and the forces of the load on it are transferred to the walls, helping to restrain them. The bridge is built mostly from stone dug out from the cutting it crosses, with some use of brick. It is a single, elliptical, arch with irregular voussoirs and a roll cornice. The parapets are in the same stone but with modern brick to the inside faces and modern capping stones. History The bridge dates from the opening of the London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humber Road Tunnel
The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the north bank and North Lincolnshire on the south bank. Although the Humber is an estuary from the point at which it is formed, many maps show it as the River Humber. Below Trent Falls, the Humber passes the junction with the Market Weighton Canal on the north shore, the confluence of the River Ancholme on the south shore; between North Ferriby and South Ferriby and under the Humber Bridge; between Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank and Kingston upon Hull on the north bank (where the River Hull joins), then meets the North Sea between Cleethorpes on the Lincolnshire side and the long and thin headland of Spurn Head to the north. Ports on the Humber include the Port of Hull, the Port of Grimsby and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cooke Bourne
John Cooke Bourne (1 September 1814 – February 1896) was a British artist, engraver and photographer,John Hannavy (2013) ''Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography.''. p. 196. best known for his lithographs showing the construction of the London and Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway. His set of prints were each published as separate book, and became classic representations of the construction of the early railways. Prints were often hand coloured for a vivid picture of events. Biography John Cooke Bourne was born in London, were his father worked as hat-maker in Covent Garden. He was related to the engraver George Cooke, who was his godfather, and became befriended with his son Edward William Cooke, whose uncle, William Bernard Cooke (1778–1855), was also a line engraver of note. After general education, Bourne became a pupil of the landscape engraver John Pye, who had specialised in illustrations for popular annuals and pocket-books. Bourne was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Sherbourne
The River Sherbourne is a river that flows under the centre of the city of Coventry, in the West Midlands, in England. The source of the river is in the fields near Hawkes End in the parish of Allesley. It flows for about 8 miles or 13 km in a generally southeastern direction. In the centre of Coventry it flows through Spon End (where it is spanned by Vignoles Bridge) and it is culverted just before it reaches the Inner Ring Road and Spon Street, and continues through the suburb of Whitley. It joins the River Sowe (a tributary of the River Avon) south of the A45 road near Baginton. The name Sherbourne is said to derive from ''Scir Burna'', "clear stream" in Old English. In 1935 and on eight more recent occasions, the upper Sherbourne around Allesley has dried up almost completely. Coventry City Council has plans to open up a stretch of the river which is currently culverted, and runs beneath The Burges, a street in the city centre. The grade II-listed Sherbourne Via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
