Rathensthorpe Dewsbury Railway Bridge - 1847 - Dewsbury, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 40.859 W 001° 38.850
30U E 589329 N 5948878
This cast iron arch railway bridge carries the Huddersfield Rail line over the River Calder. The base of the arch has the name of the manufacturer and the date of 1847 cast into it.
Waymark Code: WMQDVN
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/12/2016
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The River Calder is a 45 mile long river between Heald Moor and Wakefield. The river itself is only navigable in short sections, but these sections are connected by artificial "cuts" (e.g. Horbury Cut) to form the Calder and Hebble Navigation, a popular leisure waterway which is part of the connected inland waterway network of England and Wales.
This is one of the places where the river is not navigable and there is a "cut" of the Calder and Hebble Navigation running nearby. The railway crosses both this river and the navigation and this bridge carries it over the river itself.
The Railway Bridge
The Huddersfield Line is the name given to one of the busiest rail services on the West Yorkshire MetroTrain network in northern England. Local services are operated by Northern Rail with longer distance services operated by TransPennine Express. The line connects Leeds and Huddersfield with Manchester (Victoria & Piccadilly), Manchester Airport and Liverpool.
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The bridge carries the line between Dewsbury and Ravensthorpe stations.
The cast iron part of the bridge was built by Joseph Butler & Co of Leeds 77 years after the canal opened. It became a Historic England Grade II Listed Building in 1985.
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The bridge and the cast name and date stamp are visible from the path alongside the river. It is on the western side of the bridge.
The text of the engraving is as follows
JOSEPH BUTLER & CO.
STANNINGLEY
IRON WORKS.
NR. LEEDS.
1847