Severn Railway Bridge
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severn-railway-bridge-300-11324806
title:
Severn Railway Bridge
text:
The Severn Railway Bridge was a bridge carrying the railway across the River Severn between Sharpness and Lydney in Gloucestershire, England. It was built in the 1870s by the Severn Bridge Railway Company, primarily to carry coal from the Forest of Dean to the docks at Sharpness; it was the furthest-downstream bridge over the Severn until the opening of the Severn road bridge in 1966. When the company got into financial difficulties in 1893, it was taken over jointly by the Great Western Railwa
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Former bridge in United Kingdom
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Railway_Bridge
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date modified:
2024-04-11T22:26:01Z
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