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Building the last Main Line Railway

Great Central Bridge and Viaduct

Additional pages divided on different thematic subjects are available by clicking on the links below:

Newton to Oxford Canal (21) Great Central Bridge and Viaduct (12) Rugby to Barby (23)
Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct (31) Flecknoe, Willoughby and Staverton (28) Contractor's Yards & Locomotives (16)

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Railway Archive
Half way through constructing the girder bridge that crossed the LNWR at Rugby
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Completing the girder bridge that crossed the LNWR at Rugby
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Completing the girder bridge that crossed the LNWR at Rugby
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Completing the girder bridge that crossed the LNWR at Rugby
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Nearing completion of the GC's girder bridge

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The Completed GC girder bridge
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Side view of the GC's Girder Bridge over the LNWR
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The GC Girder Bridge in operation in the twenties
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The Great Central railway viaduct at Rugby
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The girder bridge over the LNWR's tracks to the turntable

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A side view of the girder bridge over the LNWR's tracks to the turntable
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The GCR girder viaduct above Rugby's LNWR shed's turntable
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The two remaining spans of the now famous 'Birdcage' bridge

Newton to Oxford Canal (21) Great Central Bridge and Viaduct (12) Rugby to Barby (23)
Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct (31) Flecknoe, Willoughby and Staverton (28) Contractor's Yards & Locomotives (16)