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Lispole Viaduct

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Lispole Viaduct
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Original image description on Flickr: Running between Tralee and Dingle via Castlegregory junction, the Lispole viaduct was perhaps the biggest feature on the Tralee and Dingle railway. The three foot gauge railway was opened in 1891 and closed in 1953.
Original image description on Flickr: Running between Tralee and Dingle via Castlegregory junction, the Lispole viaduct was perhaps the biggest feature on the Tralee and Dingle railway. The three foot gauge railway was opened in 1891 and closed in 1953. · Photo: Felix O · CC BY-SA 2.0
Remainings of the Lispole Viaduct which was part of the Dingle to Tralee railway line which started in 1888.
Remainings of the Lispole Viaduct which was part of the Dingle to Tralee railway line which started in 1888. · Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Suppose a passenger crossing Lispole Viaduct by Deerpark (CO. BY.) Kinard ED had promised to keep an eye on a neighbour’s parcel. The train would reach the far side of the river before he noticed the parcel was safely under his own seat.
Seven-span rubble stone-built railway viaduct over Abhainn an Lóndraigh [Owenalondrig River], opened 1891, comprising single-arch section to west and four-arch section to east with red brick voussoirs and two-span section to centre with cast-iron girders on rubble stone piers. Closed 1953, now disused.

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Seven-span rubble stone-built railway viaduct over Abhainn an Lóndraigh [Owenalondrig River], opened 1891, comprising single-arch section to west and four-arch section to east with red brick voussoirs and two-span section to centre with cast-iron girders on rubble stone piers.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21304402

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Photo credits
  • Gareth James, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Nigel Cox, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Superbass, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Tafnape, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pam Brophy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Pam Brophy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • D Gore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sharon Loxton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • markjhandel, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Irina Guerin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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