Sankey Viaduct
The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct at Bradley Lane, Collins Green, Burtonwood parish, Warrington Borough, crossing the Sankey Canal and Sankey Brook into Earlestown, Newton le Willows, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside.
History
The viaduct was built between 1828 and 1830 by George Stephenson for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company to enable the railway to cross the line of the Sankey Canal with sufficient clearance for the Mersey flats, the sailing vessels for which the canal was constructed. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and described as "the earliest major railway viaduct in the world".[1][2]
Architecture
Constructed from yellow sandstone and red brick, the viaduct consists of nine round-headed arches carried on piers that incline sharply from the base towards the top.[1][2]
See also
- Grade I and II* listed buildings in Warrington
- Grade I listed buildings in Merseyside
- Listed buildings in St Helens, Merseyside
- Listed buildings in Burtonwood and Westbrook
References
- 1 2 Historic England, "Sankey Viaduct over Sankey Brook (that part in St Helens district) (1075927)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 October 2012
- 1 2 Historic England, "Sankey Viaduct over Sankey Brook (that part in Warrington district) (1230621)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 October 2012
Further reading
Pottgießer, Hans (1985). Eisenbahnbrücken aus zwei Jahrhunderten [Railway Bridges from Two Centuries]. Basel, Boston, Stuttgart: Birkhäuser. pp. 18–19. ISBN 3764316772. (German)
External links
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- "Sankey Viaduct". brueckenweb.de (in German).
- Sankey Viaduct at Structurae
- Images of the viaduct
- Newton-le-Willows: Sankey Viaduct and Embankment
Coordinates: 53°26′51″N 2°39′03″W / 53.44745°N 2.65076°W