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    Meldon Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct crossing the West Okement River at Meldon, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Okehampton, on the edge of Dartmoor...
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    Meldon Viaduct railway station was a railway station at Meldon in Devon. It was renamed in 2015 from Meldon Quarry railway station. The station was originally...
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    The only similar surviving bridge in the United Kingdom is Meldon Viaduct in Devon. The viaduct opened in January 1878. Its working life was uneventful except...
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    the line is about two miles further, reaching 950 feet (290 m) near Meldon Viaduct. The LSWR became a part of the new, larger Southern Railway at the Grouping...
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    Okement. Its total length is roughly 13 miles (21 km). It is crossed by Meldon Viaduct. "West Okement | Catchment Data Explorer | Catchment Data Explorer"...
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    Way rail trail follows the route over Meldon, Lake, Wallabrook and Tavistock viaducts. The other two viaducts, at Lydford and Shillamill, remain intact...
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    Services were extended further west to Lydford with the inauguration of Meldon Viaduct in 1874. Constructed to rival the South Devon Railway route to Plymouth...
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    This is a list of viaducts and significant bridges of the United Kingdom's railways, past and present. Category:Railway bridges in the United Kingdom List...
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    Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct. Granite is still extracted from Meldon Quarry. The now disused Meldon Aplite Quarry has...
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  • Devon sea wall Wingfield station (revisit) National Railway Museum Meldon Viaduct Okehampton station 9 25 April 2023 "Leeds" Hunslet Engine Company Middleton...
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    extended further west to Lydford railway station with the inauguration of Meldon Viaduct in 1874. Constructed to rival the South Devon Railway route to Plymouth...
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    The route includes notable features such as crossing the Meldon Viaduct and Lake Viaduct both of which were formerly railway bridges and are of historical...
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    Bennerley Viaduct (extant), though in that instance the trestles are not as high. On other well-known trestle-supported viaducts, such as Meldon, Belah,...
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  • near the Devon border in England. The line branched from the main line at Meldon Junction to the west of Okehampton on the northern edge of Dartmoor. The...
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    – burial site Lydford Gorge – deep and narrow gorge with waterfalls Meldon Viaduct and reservoir – 201 m (659 ft) wide and 45 m (148 ft) high concrete...
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    extended further west to Lydford railway station with the inauguration of Meldon Viaduct in 1874. Constructed to rival the South Devon Railway route to Plymouth...
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    railway line, with trains carrying stone from Meldon Quarry and a heritage passenger service between Meldon Viaduct and Sampford Courtenay. From 1997, Devon...
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    hamlet of Meldon, which is rich in industrial archaeological remains, is home to Meldon Dam which across the ravine towards Meldon Viaduct which is now...
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  • Dykes Cranmore Castle Huntsham Castle Kents Cavern Malmsmead Bridge Meldon Viaduct Salcombe Castle Royal Citadel Mount Batten Mound Mount Batten prehistoric...
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    1867 and then on to Lydford railway station with the inauguration of Meldon Viaduct in 1874. Constructed to rival the South Devon Railway route to Plymouth...
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    Holsworthy Viaduct Dunsland Cross North Cornwall Railway Halwill Junction Ashbury Maddaford Moor Halt Meldon Viaduct Meldon Quarry Okehampton Dartmoor Line...
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    Holsworthy Viaduct Dunsland Cross North Cornwall Railway Halwill Junction Ashbury Maddaford Moor Halt Meldon Viaduct Meldon Quarry Okehampton Dartmoor Line...
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    Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England. It is at the northern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles SW of Okehampton. It was developed from 1897...
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    the building of the line as one of the creditors of the railway Meldon railway viaduct, built in 1874 by the London and South Western Railway across the...
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    Holsworthy Viaduct Dunsland Cross North Cornwall Railway Halwill Junction Ashbury Maddaford Moor Halt Meldon Viaduct Meldon Quarry Okehampton Dartmoor Line...
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    could only take locomotives up to 4-4-0 size due to restrictions on Meldon Viaduct. In 2010 it was stated in Parliament that "in recent years" around £9...
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    the Edwardian era. Until the mid-1940s the weight restriction over Meldon Viaduct and the short turntable at Padstow prevented anything larger than the...
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    decking consisting of some form of trussed girder, as at Crumlin Viaduct, Belah and Meldon; though two rare examples, at Dowery Dell (demolished in 1962)...
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    Ockment flu by Saxton in 1577. The West Okement River is crossed by the Meldon Viaduct, built in 1874 as part of the London and South Western Railway. Watts...
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  • rail transport in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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