Dowery Dell Viaduct
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Dowery Dell, between Rubery and Halesowen in Worcestershire, was a cast-iron[dubious ], single-track railway viaduct that carried the Halesowen to Longbridge railway until it was dismantled in 1964.
Similar structures[]
The viaduct was remarkable in being a rare example of a lattice girder supported on trestles, a combination of which there may have been only one other example in Britain, at Bennerley Viaduct (extant), though in that instance the trestles are not as high.
On other well-known trestle-supported viaducts, such as Meldon, Belah, and Crumlin, the superstructure is not a lattice, being typically a Warren truss; and other lattice girders are low structures supported typically on iron caissons, such as Kew Railway Bridge.
Remains[]
A walk along the footpath that follows the railway route reveals the brick pillar bases that remain in the dell.
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Coordinates: 52°25′24″N 2°02′22″W / 52.423374°N 2.039359°W
- Worcestershire geography stubs
- Geography of Worcestershire
- Viaducts in England
- Demolished bridges in England
- Buildings and structures demolished in 1964
- Great Western Railway
- Midland Railway