Building the last Main Line Railway

Great Central Bridge and Viaduct: gcrcs96

The Great Central railway viaduct at Rugby, as seen looking south towards where it joins with GC bridge crossing the LNWR main line. Note the contractors temporary way to the left of the viaduct. As previously mentioned, normally this would run the length of the section of line being built, both to remove the spoil and later to bring in materials. However the viaduct above was, as were many of the other structures, built ahead of the main work and only after completion did the embankment get built.

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