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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1682
Sketch showing a section through one of the transverse bay
trusses above the special stage supported by three wheeled trestles on a
temporary rail track on the platform. The fifty foot wide special stage served
the dual purpose of providing; protection for passengers and traffic below
during the construction, and an elevated erection area for the roofing
contractors. It was structurally designed to support the roofing steelwork
(associated with the main girders and transverse bays) and the forces from a 7
ton travelling crane which was provided to lift components on to the special
stage.
Robert Ferris
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