Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Boustead Hill Bridge | |
| parish |
Burgh by Sands parish, once
in Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| bridge | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY29485932 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY25
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| References |
Listed Buildings 2010
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| 1Km square | NY2959 | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| BOUSTEAD HILL BRIDGE / / / BURGH BY SANDS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78218 / NY2948459326 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Bridge overcanal, 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. | ||
| placename:- | Boustead Hill Bridge | |
| district:- | Carlisle | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY29485932 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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