Dykesfield Bridge
- Date:
- 28 Aug 2002
- Location:
- Dykesfield Bridge, Burgh By Sands, Carlisle, Cumbria
- Reference:
- IOE01/07834/08
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
NY 35 NW BURGH BY SANDS Dykesfield
5/54 Dykesfield Bridge
II
Bridge over canal, later railway bridge. 1819-23 for the Carlisle Canal; additions of 1853-4 for the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company. Squared and coursed red and calciferous sandstone; cast-iron central parapet on supporting wooden pillars. Plinth with rounded corners was originally the supporting structure for a canal drawbridge. Increased in height to convert this to a railway bridge, when the canal closed.
Listing NGR: NY3076559125
This is part of the Series: IOE01/2270 IOE Records taken by John Wright; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr John Wright. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Wright, John
Rights Holder: Wright, John
Cast Iron, Sandstone, Georgian Canal Bridge, Transport, Canal Transport Site, Water Transport Site, Bridge, Railway Bridge, Railway Transport Site, Drawbridge, Monument (By Form)
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