Bridges, Viaducts & Tunnels Gallery

Bomb damage to Foxs Wood Tunnel, Bristol, 1941

A rather forlorn looking carriage can be seen here at the entrance to No.2 Tunnel at Fox's Wood near Bristol in 1941. A bomb had hit the tunnel mouth and ricocheted into the carriage, completely destroying it. The initial damage to the tunnel can be seen at the top of the entrance portal, but the coach took the brunt of the explosion. The whole side of the coach has fallen away revealing the vulnerability of such vehicles in these extreme circumstances

Old timber bridge spanning Radipole Lake, Weymouth, c1900

An unknown saddletank steams across the bridge heading towards Portland from Weymouth. The bridge was knocked down in 1908 and replaced. The swans in the foreground were a popular sight in Weymouth and still attract visitors today

Backwater, Dorset, Radipole Lake, Saddle Tank, Swans, Timber Bridge, Weymouth, Weymouth And Portland Railway

Maidenhead Bridge, c1890

This image shows the widening of the bridge which took place between 1890-1893. The original bridge, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was built in the late 1830s. It has the flattest brick arch in the world

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Arch, Architecture, Bridge, Brunel, Maidenhead