Meldon Viaduct - Historic Viaduct on Dartmoor - Cycling on Dartmoor
Meldon Viaduct - Historic Viaduct on Dartmoor - Cycling on Dartmoor
Jun 17, 2023
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🚂 MELDON VIADUCT – TWO BRIDGES SIDE BY SIDE 🚂 Did you know that Meldon Viaduct (C6) is effectively two bridges side by side? It was built over 150 years ago to cross the deep Meldon Gorge near Okehampton and enable a second rail route between Exeter and Plymouth. South Devon Railway, part of Great Western Railway (GWR), had already built a line through the south of the county under the direction of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, which opened in 1849. The London and South Western Railway (LSWR), whic
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How’s the view from the top of the Melton Viaduct! V/Line crews regularly carry out inspections and works on the viaduct, to ensure it remains in top condition for the more than 400 trains that cross Melton Reservoir every week. As part of V/Line’s regular maintenance program, we check the historic structure every six months to ensure the ongoing upkeep of the structure. The Melton Viaduct - one of the oldest and longest bridges on our network - has been carrying trains to and from Ballarat, Ara
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A viaduct built to solve a problem - and to keep trains moving through a landscape that didn’t make it easy. Before this crossing existed, the railway here had to cheat its way over the gap using steep, rope-worked inclines - slow, awkward, and always fighting gravity. By the late 1850s the traffic was too important for that, so a proper crossing was designed by Thomas Bouch and built in 1857-1858: twelve brick arches, carrying a single track high over the gill, built to make the route reliable
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