GEOFOTOGRAFIA160 ANOS DO CAMINHO-DE-FERRO EM PORTUGAL
“Colóquio e Exposição “160 anos do Caminho-de-ferro em Portugal“ No dia 25 de outubro decorreu um colóquio, subordinado ao tema, na Sala do Senado da Assembleia da República, seguido da inauguração de uma exposição comemorativa. Numa organização da Assembleia da República, da Infraestruturas de Portugal e da CP – Comboios de Portugal, este evento pretendeu registar a importância do modo ferroviário para o desenvolvimento…
Balcombe Ouse Valley Viaduct
Built in 1841, the Ouse Valley Viaduct (also called Balcombe Viaduct) over the River Ouse on the London-Brighton Railway Line in England north of Haywards Heath and south of Balcombe is 1,475 feet (450 m) long.
The viaduct is 96 feet (29 m) high and is carried on 37 semi-circular arches, each of 30 feet (9.1 m), surmounted by balustrades. Each pier contains a Jack arch with a semi-circular soffit to reduce the number of bricks required.
At each end of the abutment is an ornamental square open tower, the brickwork of which is faced with stone from Heddon Quarries near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The viaduct was designed by engineer for the line John Urpeth Rastrick in association with the architect of the London to Brighton railway, David Mocatta. It has been described as “probably the most elegant viaduct in Britain.
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