Title

Railway Viaduct over the Tweed, at Berwick, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans.

Caption

Railway Viaduct over the Tweed, at Berwick, 1850. The Royal Border Bridge connecting the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway with the North British Line. 'The engineers-in-chief of this magnificent work are Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., and Mr. T. E. Harrison; resident engineer, Mr. J. B. Bruce; contractors Messrs. M'Kay and Blackstock...The total length of the Viaduct is 2170 feet; and the greatest height from the bed of the river, 125 feet. The whole bridge is built of stone, with the exception of the inner part of the arches, which is built with bricks laid in cement. There is in this structure upwards of one million cubic feet of masonry; and nearly two millions and a half of bricks have been placed in the arches....In the execution of [the] foundations two of Nasmyth's patent steam piling engines were brought into requisition...The contractor at one time employed as many as 2000 men...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Keywords

transport transportation river England railways engineering bridge bridges British geography railway Northumberland structure railway line Victorian century railway tracks Britain train track newspapers railway track press civil engineering B&W engraved engraving railway bridge berwick-upon-tweed 19th century black & white black and white B W tweed nineteenth century Scottish Borders The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News River Tweed Royal Border Bridge TGN ILN newspaper landscape Berwick James Stephenson Robert Stephenson James Nasmyth Nasmyth James Hall Nasmyth Nasmith James Hall Nasmith Robert Edmund Evans Evans Edmund Evans Edmund William Edmund William Evans James Hall 19th-century