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Dykesfield Bridge, Dykesfield
Dykesfield Bridge
site name:-   Port Carlisle Dock and Railway
locality:-   Dykesfield
civil parish:-   Burgh by Sands (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway bridge
locality type:-   canal bridge (ex) 
coordinates:-   NY30765912
1Km square:-   NY3059
10Km square:-   NY35
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


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BMA96.jpg (taken 5.5.2006)  
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BMA97.jpg (taken 5.5.2006)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Dykesfield Bridge
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DYKESFIELD BRIDGE / / / BURGH BY SANDS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78239 / NY3076559125"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Bridge over canal, later railway bridge. 1819-23 for the Carlisle Canal; additions of 1853-4 for the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company. Squared and coursed red and calciferous sandstone; cast-iron central parapet on supporting wooden pillars. Plinth with rounded corners was originally the supporting structure for a canal drawbridge. Increased in height to convert this to a railway bridge, when the canal closed."

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