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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1639

The article from the Great Western Railway Magazine dated October 1911 identified the difficulties in positioning the main longitudinal girders

The article from the Great Western Railway Magazine dated October 1911 identified the difficulties in positioning the main longitudinal girders at the Great Charles Street end of the site. These girders were each brought to site by rail in one piece from the steel contractor’s works in Darlaston and after being partially off-loaded, had one end positioned on a timber trestle, which was then moved along a temporary four rail track to the required position. The upper layout and diagrams shows how this process was intended to work. The lower diagram shows detail of the construction between each of the main girders to support the floor beneath the platforms and the ballasted permanent way.

Robert Ferris

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