Penponds Viaduct

Penponds Viaduct
Penponds Viaduct
Coordinates	50°12′18″N 5°19′22″W / 50.2051363°N 5.3227177°WCoordinates: 50°12′18″N 5°19′22″W / 50.2051363°N 5.3227177°W
Carries	Cornish Main Line
Locale	Penponds, Cornwall
Preceded by	Hayle Railway structure 1837, then West Cornwall Railway structure 1852
Characteristics
Material	Brick arches on Stone piers.
Total length	338 feet (103 m)
History
Opened	1888
Location

Penponds Viaduct is a railway viaduct which carries the Cornish Main Line west of Camborne in Cornwall, England. It crosses over a small valley containing the southern arm of the Red River, and a minor road known as Viaduct Lane.

The Hayle Railway opened the railway through this site in 1837 to link Hayle and Redruth. To overcome a significant change in elevation an inclined plane was built to the east of the present viaduct. When the West Cornwall Railway took over the route, it built a timber trestle viaduct as part of a more gently-graded route which by-passed the inclined plane.

The present-day viaduct was built by the Great Western Railway in 1888 as part of a programme to replace the timber viaducts on the line and prepare the single-track route for double track. It is built of brick arches on stone piers.

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Aerial view
Photos: 1902

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