Heritage Locations

Nene Viaduct, Peterborough
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The last surviving cast iron structure on a main line.

Constructor:
Joseph Cubitt

Period of construction:
1800 - 1849

Transport Trust plaque:
No

Transport Mode:
Rail

Address:
Peterborough Station, Station road, Peterborough, PE1 1QL

Postcode:
PE1 1QL

Nearest Town:
Peterborough

Heritage Centre:
No


This is the last surviving cast iron railway bridge still in use on a main line. It was built to cross the river Nene on the southern approach to Peterborough Station. Built by Sir William and Joseph Cubitt, it consists of three arches with diamond lattice spandrels. The two piers each comprise six fluted iron columns in pairs.

The bridge carries two tracks and when the line was quadrupled in 1924 an additional quite separate steel trussed bridge was built alongside.


Bibliography:

Biddle, Gordon, Britain's Historic Railway Buildings, Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0198662475 (2003)

Biddle, Gordon & Nock, O.S., The Railway Heritage of Britain : 150 years of railway architecture and engineering, Studio Editions, ISBN-10: 1851705953 (1990)

Biddle, Gordon and Simmons, J., The Oxford Companion to British Railway History, Oxford, ISBN 0 19 211697 5 (1997)

Bonavia, Michael, Historic Railway Sites in Britain, Hale, ISBN 0 7090 3156 4 (1987)

Conolly, W. Philip, British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas And Gazetteer, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 0-7110-0320-3 (1958/97)

Holland & Hannen, Cubitts - The Inception and Development of a Great Building Firm (1920)

Leleux, J. A Regional History of the Railways of Britain, East Midlands. ISBN 0 7153 7165 7 (1976)

Morgan, Bryan, Railways: Civil Engineering, Arrow, ISBN 0 09 908180 6 (1973)

Morgan, Bryan, Railway Relics, Ian Allan, ISBN 0 7110 0092 1 (1969)

Simmons, J., The Railways of Britain, Macmillan, ISBN 0 333 40766 0 (1961-86)

Simmons, J. The Victorian Railway, Thames & Hudson, ISBN 0 500 25110X (1991)

Smith, Martin, British Railway Bridges and Viaducts, Ian Allan, ISBN 0 7110 2273 9 (1994)

Turnock, David, An Historical Geography of Railways, Ashgate, ISBN 1 85928 450 7 (1998)

Watson, Garth The Civils, London: Thomas Telford Ltd, 1988, ISBN 0-727-70392-7



Opening Times:
Visible at all times.

How To Find:
By Road: Best seen from a footbridge to the east over the river, accessible from Viersen Platz behind the ASDA store.

By Rail: Visible from a train on the Cambridge line between Peterborough Station and its passage beneath the main line.
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Current Conditions: Cloudy in Peterborough, GBR (as of 9:50 PM 6/19/2013)

Current conditions (as of 9:50 PM)
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Cloudy. 16°C (Feels like 16). Humidity: 82% Winds: 13 km/hr NNE.
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Forecast for Wednesday, June 19, 2013 for Peterborough, GBR

Today: Showers / Clear.Showers / Clear Lo: 12°C. Hi: 23°C. Chance of precipitation: 20%
Tomorrow: Showers / Clear.Showers / Clear Lo: 13°C. Hi: 21°C. Chance of precipitation: 95%
Friday: T-storms.T-storms Lo: 11°C. Hi: 20°C. Chance of precipitation: 90%
Saturday: Showers.Showers Lo: 12°C. Hi: 18°C. Chance of precipitation: 90%
Sunday: Showers / Clear.Showers / Clear Lo: 12°C. Hi: 18°C. Chance of precipitation: 97%

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