Survey Data

Reg No

20910820


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Technical


Original Use

Viaduct


Date

1850 - 1870


Coordinates

124680, 51475


Date Recorded

17/09/2010


Date Updated

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Description

Multiple-span cast-iron railway bridge over river, erected c.1890, on site of earlier bridge, c.1860, now disused. Cast-iron Doric columns supporting cast-iron cross beams and riveted parapet panels. Retaining tracks in situ.

Appraisal

A fine cast-iron railway viaduct, crossing the River Bandon, which forms part of a significant group with other Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway related structures. A strategic crossing point, it was apparently protected by soldiers during the civil war. Unusually, it retains its tracks in situ, elsewhere along the former line tracks have been removed. It is a reminder of the scale of the rail network in the past.