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{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name = Angarrack Viaduct
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|image = AngharrackRailwayViaductCornwallUK.jpg
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|carries = [[Cornish Main Line]]
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|locale = [[Angarrack]], [[Cornwall]]
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|material = [[Granite]]
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|length = {{convert|243|m}}
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|builder = H Stevens, Ashburton
|begin = 1883
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|open = 1888
|preceded = [[Penponds Viaduct]]
|followed = Guildford Viaduct
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| designation1 = UK GRADE II
| designation1_offname = The viaduct at SW58353801
| designation1_number = {{listed building England|1143709}}
| designation1_date = {{start date|1988|01|14|df=y}}
| designation1_free1name = Legacy System
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'''Angarrack railway viaduct'''
==Geography==
The eleven-arch granite-built viaduct <ref name=Binding>{{cite book| last = Binding| first = John| title = Brunel's Cornish Viaducts| publisher = Atlantic Transport Publishing/Historical Model Railway Society| year = 1993| location = Penryn| pages = 106–107 | isbn = 0-
==History==
The original viaduct at Angarrack was designed by [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] for the [[
Building of the replacement commenced in January 1883 by Mr H Stevens of [[Ashburton, Devon|Ashburton]], who also built the replacement viaducts at [[Redruth]] and Guildford (west of Angarrack).<ref>{{cite news |title=The New Redruth Railway Viaduct |work=The Cornishman |issue=322 |date=18 September 1884 |page=7}}</ref> A tram-road of a few hundred yards was laid to a nearby quarry owned by Mr Gregor to provide infill for the granite viaduct. The foundations were expected to be at least {{Convert|30|feet}} deep and the work would take two to three years.<ref>{{cite news |title=The New Viaduct At Angarrack |work=The Cornishman |issue=237 |date=25 January 1883 |page=4}}</ref> It was opened by the [[Great Western Railway]] in 1888 and its eleven granite arches each have a span of {{convert|56.5|ft|m}}. It is a [[Grade II listed building]].{{sfnp|Historic England|1143709|ps=}}
▲'''Angarrack railway viaduct''' is situated at [[Angarrack]] in west [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=OS>{{cite book |title= Land's End |edition= |series= Landranger |volume= 203 |year= |publisher= [[Ordnance Survey]] |location= Southampton |isbn= 9780319231487 }}</ref>
==See also==
▲The eleven-arch granite-built viaduct <ref name=Binding>{{cite book| last = Binding| first = John| title = Brunel's Cornish Viaducts| publisher = Atlantic Transport Publishing/Historical Model Railway Society| year = 1993| location = Penryn| pages = 106–107 | isbn = 0-90689-956-7}}</ref> carries the [[Cornish Main Line]] railway across the steep-sided valley of the [[Angarrack River]], a tributary of the [[River Hayle]].<ref name=OS/> The village extends up the valley and under the viaduct.
* [[Angarrack railway station]]▼
* [[Cornwall Railway viaducts]]▼
▲The original viaduct at Angarrack was designed by [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] for the [[west Cornwall Railway]] and was "... ''built wholly of timber on stone footings''".<ref name=Binding/> It was nearly {{convert|800|ft|m}} long and {{convert|100|ft|m}} high. The present viaduct of roughly the same dimensions was an entirely new replacement structure and opened by the [[Great Western Railway]] in 1885. Its eleven stone arches each have a span of {{convert|56.5|ft|m}}.
==References==
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▲*[[Angarrack railway station]]
* {{NHLE |num= 1143709 |desc= The Viaduct at SW58353801|access-date= 11 June 2020 |mode=cs2}}
▲*[[Cornwall Railway viaducts]]
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{{Isambard Kingdom Brunel}}
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[[Category:Bridges by Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Cornwall]]
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