ROLLING BRIDGE OVER ULVERSTON CANAL AND ASSOCIATED ACCUMULATOR TOWER - Ulveston - List Entry
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Description
Rare and unusual rolling railway bridge and associated accumulator tower built in 1883 to a design by Frank Stileman. Reasons for Designation This rolling railway bridge and associated accumulator tower is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Technological interest: The rolling bridge is an innovative structure designed to cross navigable water with minimum disturbance to shipping and without the need to construct massive earthworks and excessively steep gradients. * Design: The bridge's rolling design illustrates the ongoing C19 and early C20 innovations utilised to cross water at a low level that began towards the mid C19 and continued up until the iconic transporter bridges of the early C20. * Rarity: The Ulverston Canal rolling bridge is the only C19 surviving example of its kind in England. The Furness Railway Company's main line west of Ulverston opened in 1854 but was built with tight curves and steep gradients that proved problematic for heavy freight trains. In 1876 and 1881 the company obtained Acts for the construction of a new double-track railway line following the north coast of Morecambe Bay from Ulverston to Barrow to provide an alternative route..... -
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1404328
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