SU8892 : High Wycombe: Bowden Lane railway bridge

near to Wycombe Marsh, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain

High Wycombe: Bowden Lane railway bridge
High Wycombe: Bowden Lane railway bridge
The bridge was built to carry Brunel's broad gauge railway to High Wycombe from Maidenhead over Bowden Lane. The railway here crossed the valley of the River Wye on a long high embankment and the photograph gives some indication of the amount of materials that the railway navvies had to manhandle. The railway opened in 1854, but was closed and the track was lifted in 1970. For a view along the trackbed on top of the embankment see SU8892 : High Wycombe: Former railway line to Bourne End.
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SU8892, 7 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
Photographer
Nigel Cox   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
Wednesday, 13 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 17 August, 2008
Category
Railway bridge (disused)   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 880 922 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:37.3044N 0:43.7538W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 880 921
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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