Charlton Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in
Shepton Mallet within the English county of
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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. It is a Grade II*
listed building
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The bridge was built in the 1870s to carry the
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, also known as the S&D, SDJR or S&DJR, was an English railway line connecting Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (now in south-east Dorset but then in Hampshire), with a branch from Evercreech ...
. It carried the railway over the
River Sheppey
The River Sheppey has its source in a group of springs west of the village of Doulting, near Shepton Mallet in Somerset, England. It flows through the wetlands to the north of the Polden Hills and ultimately joins the River Brue.
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. Originally the stone bridge carried a single railway track but was widened to carry a second track in 1892 using red bricks.
It consists of 27 segmental arches each of which has a span of . It is on a curve of radius falling at 1 in 55 from each end to the midpoint.
To cope with the curve the arches are strengthened by
pilaster
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It can be seen from the grounds of
Kilver Court where it forms a feature.
See also
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References
External links
{{Commons category, Charlton Viaduct
Aerial video of the viaduct
Grade II* listed buildings in Mendip District
Railway viaducts in Somerset
Grade II* listed railway bridges and viaducts