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Chetwynd Viaduct

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Chetwynd Viaduct
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Four-span railway viaduct, completed 1849, spanning Cork to Bandon road. Now disused. Coursed ashlar limestone piers having corner pilasters, topped with brick pier, supporting steel girder trussed round-headed arches. Platform to eastern end having limestone block parapets with coping stones and string course.

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Four-span railway viaduct, completed 1849, spanning Cork to Bandon road. Now disused. Coursed ashlar limestone piers having corner pilasters, topped with brick pier, supporting steel girder trussed round-headed arches. Platform to eastern end having limestone block parapets with coping stones and string course.
An important and substantial landmark designed by Charles Nixon, Engineer, which makes a dramatic contribution to the surrounding area. It carried trains on its single line from Cork to West Cork until 1961. It stands 90ft above the road and has a 21ft span. The viaduct displays fine craftsmanship in the stone work seen in the piers and excellent design in the elegant steel arches.

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Coursed ashlar limestone piers having corner pilasters, topped with brick pier, supporting steel girder trussed round-headed arches.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20908603

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Chetwynd Viaduct · Photo: Hywel Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original Geograph photograph
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rob Hodgkins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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