Calstock Viaduct, Cornwall

Photograph taken 1951-1963 © Historic England Archive ref: HAW 9396/36

The railway viaduct that crosses the River Tamar was built in 1904-1907 for the London and South Western Railway as a link line from Bere Alston to the East Cornwall Mineral Railway just above Calstock.

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Cornwall Calstock

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Edwardian (1902 - 1913)

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"Wills, Shaw and Friese-Greene Ready to Film". This was a publicity shot for the foundation of the Aerofilms aerial photography company. It was taken at the London Aerodrome, Hendon. Francis Lewis Wills was a former Royal Naval Air Service Observer and co-founder of Aerofilms. Claude Friese-Greene, holding the cine-camera, was technical director for Aerofilms in its early days, but is best known as a pioneering cinematographer. We know very little about Shaw, the pilot, probably an AirCo employee.

Calstock Viaduct, Cornwall

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