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Bridge in Deerpark (clonmacnowen by)

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Bridge in Deerpark (clonmacnowen by)
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Single-span railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Dublin to Galway railway line. Cast-iron and steel central span supported on rock-faced rusticated limestone abutments with rounded ends and having cut-stone string course and carved stone copings to parapets. Cut limestone approach walls and causeway.

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Single-span railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Dublin to Galway railway line. Cast-iron and steel central span supported on rock-faced rusticated limestone abutments with rounded ends and having cut-stone string course and carved stone copings to parapets. Cut limestone approach walls and causeway.
This typically robust mid-nineteenth-century railway bridge is of considerable technical and civil engineering merit. It is built using the heavily rusticated rock-faced masonry finish that is a typical feature of railway bridges constructed during the mid-nineteenth century, giving an impression of strength and solidity and is a good example of the combined use of limestone and cast-metal.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30408705

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Picture: Discover Ireland
  • Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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