Porthkerry Viaduct
Porthkerry Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
The viaduct was designed and engineered by
The viaduct has sixteen arches, thirteen at 50 feet (15 m) and at the Barry end, three at 45 feet (14 m) span and rising to a height of 110 feet (34 m) and nowadays spans the northwest end of
Originally designed as a route to bring coal to Barry Docks, the railway now carries a passenger service and some freight traffic between Cardiff and Bridgend when engineering occupations are necessary on the South Wales main line via St Fagans. Heavy coal traffic to the merry-go-round coal discharge system at Aberthaw Power Station ceased by August 2019 and the "B" power station was officially closed in December 2019. Passenger trains run between Cardiff, Cardiff Airport and Bridgend via Llantwit Major.[7]
The Porthkerry Viaduct was designed to be an exact copy of the Shillamill Viaduct spanning the river Lumburn at Gullworthy, north of Tavistock[2] but in fact now barren of track on a dismantled railway and also a listed structure, the Shillamill viaduct is laid on a gentle curve and has only 12 arches.
Watercolour artist Thomas Frederick Worrall lived in Barry from 1913, and painted Porthkerry Viaduct.
References
- ^ "Accident at Porthkerry Viaduct" (PDF). Board of Trade. p. 109. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Accident at Porthkerry Viaduct" (PDF). Board of Trade. p. 112. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Porthkerry Viaduct, Rhoose". The Transport Trust. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Porthkerry Viaduct: Rebuilding to be Commenced". Barry Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "The viaduct and World War II". Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Porthkerry Railway Viaduct (Partly in the Community of Rhoose), Porthkerry Park, Barry". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ISBN 978-1848687073