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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1641
The first of the main girders being lowered on to their
supporting columns by the progressive removal of the sleepers from the top of
the timber trestles. The timber trestle on the left had 16 flanged wheels (15
inch diameter) to allow it to be moved along the temporary four rail track to
the required position. According to the Great Western Railway Magazine article
the erection of these three main girders took a dozen men about a fortnight to
complete (excluding the labour required to build the trestles and the
construction of the temporary four rail track.
Robert Ferris
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