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| − | The '''Causey Arch''', located in [[County Durham]] north of Stanley, is the oldest survibving single-span [[railway]] [[bridge]] in the world. It was built 1725-26 to carry a wagonway (early railway built to carry coal wagons) across the steep-sided valley of the Causey Burn (''Causey'': 'causeway' referring to an earlier railway embankment; ''burn'': | + | The '''Causey Arch''', located in [[County Durham]] north of Stanley, is the oldest survibving single-span [[railway]] [[bridge]] in the world. It was built 1725-26 to carry a wagonway (early railway built to carry coal wagons) across the steep-sided valley of the Causey Burn (''Causey'': 'causeway' referring to an earlier railway embankment; ''burn'': 'stream'). |
==Further information== | ==Further information== | ||
| − | http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Wildlife+Sites+-+Causey+Arch+Wood | + | *http://www.waggonways.fsnet.co.uk/causey_arch_photo.html |
| + | *http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/Durham+Wildlife+Sites+-+Causey+Arch+Wood | ||
[[Category:Bridges]] | [[Category:Bridges]] | ||
[[Category:Transportation]] | [[Category:Transportation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:03, March 7, 2008
The Causey Arch, located in County Durham north of Stanley, is the oldest survibving single-span railway bridge in the world. It was built 1725-26 to carry a wagonway (early railway built to carry coal wagons) across the steep-sided valley of the Causey Burn (Causey: 'causeway' referring to an earlier railway embankment; burn: 'stream').