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Pile Railway Bridge |
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Rowde, Wiltshire KAC56.22 |
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KandAC mile 56
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The remains of Pile Railway Bridge; navigation hazards in the canal.
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Pile Railway Bridge carried the Berks and Hants Extension Railway,
later the Great Western Railway, GWR, which continued the Berks and
Hants line from Hungerford along the Kennet Valley and Vale of Pewsey
to Devizes, thence connecting to Holt then Bath, etc. There was
another extension from a junction at Patney and Chirton, to Westbury,
thence to the south west. The route Hungerford to Westbury westwards
is still part of the intercity network; this bit is long gone.
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The bridge had stone pillars and presumably an iron bridge; 56 miles
22 chains from Reading.
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Pillars of the railway bridge left in the canal.
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Pile railway Bridge, the engine drivers view looking up the ascent
towards Devizes.
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Stonework on Pile railway Bridge pier, towpath side.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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