Tuesday 6 August 2013

Poshest Railway Bridge in Dorset

Via Flickr:
Lady Wimborne Bridge Canford Magna Dorset.
Many thanks to Jack Pease for finding this gem and helping me find it.
PAP (Pole Aerial Photography)

The bridge was opened on 14 February 1876 by the Mayor of Wimborne. The last train passed over the bridge on 3 May 1976, almost one hundred years to the day of its construction.

Working from his own design, Captain Bonce Thorne constructed the bridge over a period of 20 years following his return from the Raj in India. Flush with plundered riches, Captain Thorne spared no expense in construction of the bridge, a rarity in the southern rail system.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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