Building the last Main Line Railway

Great Central Bridge and Viaduct: gcrcs125

This photograph was taken during construction of the large girder bridge that carried the Great Central's Main Line across the London & North Western Railway at Rugby. As can be seen the sides are half complete with the top bracing yet to be started. Built by T. Oliver & Son as part of Contract No.4 (Rugby to Woodford), the bridge formed part of the long viaduct that also spanned the Oxford Canal and the flood plain of the River Avon.

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