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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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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Dykesfield Bridge |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DYKESFIELD BRIDGE / / / BURGH BY SANDS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78239 / NY3076559125" |
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| 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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