ROYAL BORDER BRIDGE
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Identifier: ourironroads00will Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidourironroads00will">Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1883">1883 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1880">1880s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorWilliams__Frederick_Smeeton__1829_1886">Williams, Frederick Smeeton, 1829-1886 Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectRailroads____History">Railroads -- History https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectRailroads____Great_Britain">Railroads -- Great Britain Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon___Bemrose___sons">London : Bemrose & sons Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_of_California_Libraries">University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorMSN">MSN View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/ourironroads00will/ourironroads00will#page/n222/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/ourironroads00will" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidourironroads00will">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/ourironroads00will/ourironroads00will#page/n222/mode/1up" rel="noreferrer nofollow">view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: t, cement concretewas put in, which set, a foundation was made, and the pierswere securely built. There are two roadways, one level with the Castle-garth,for carriages and foot-passengers, and the other 22 feet above it.The carriage-road is 1,380 feet in length. The bridge is 112^feet from high-water line to the top of the parapet, and theroadway is 80 feet above the water. Six arches, each of 125 ROYAL BORDER BRIDGE. 20 feet span, form the bridge,—the piers upon which they restbeing of masonry, and the arches, pillars, braces, and transversegirders of iron. The bridge-piers are nearly 50 feet by 16 inthickness; and in height are 131 feet from the foundation,having an opening in the centre through each. The land archesof the bridge diminish in altitude corresponding with the steepbank of the river basin. The roadway for vehicles beneath the line forms one of themost striking peculiarities of the work. This roadway is sus-pended from the great arches which carry the line. The pillars Text Appearing After Image: ROYAL BORDER BRIDGE. which carry the road add greatly to the picturesque effect; andthe multiplicity of column-ribs, transverse and vertical braces,produces a combination of beautiful lines seldom seen. Two bridges cross the river Tweed at Berwick: one of fifteenarches, built in the reigns of James I. and Charles I., at a costof .£15,000, occupying twenty-four years in the building, andpaid out of the national resources; the other, the Royal Borderbridge, built by the railway company. It stretches fromCastle Hill to Tweedmouth, at a height of 26 feet, and cost£120,000. It is 667 yards long, and was finished in a little 204 OUR IRON ROADS. over three years. The foundations of the piers were laid onbearing-piles, each capable of carrying 70 tons. The whole isbuilt of ashlar, with a hearting of rubble, except the riverparts of the arches, which are constructed with bricks laid incement Another viaduct is that at Runcorn. The vast estuary of theMersey, as it bends south and eastward and Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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