Talk:Gaunless Bridge

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The article now has a commonscat and some extra images. It does not yet have any images of remaining industrial archaeology, which is what the reqphoto template is asking for. I have therefore not removed the reqphoto template. Storye book (talk) 16:08, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Couple of comments
Hi Andy,

Thought I'd add my notes to a new section:
 * 1) Most of my research has been with the Stephenson railways, but surely Brunel's full name is Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
 * 2) Just a minor formatting thing, but I would split the notes and references into two sections
 * 3) I'm interested about the idea that the bridge was only used with horses. The Brusselton line is still shown on this 1948 OS map, crossing the Gaunless south of West Auckland station; of course the rest of the original S&DR line in this area is not shown. Locomotives were used on the Hagger Leases branch after 1856, and they had been tested a few years previously. The bridge was replaced in 1901, but if locomotives did not cross that would mean horses or a stationary engine was used until then. However, 1856 is generally given as the last date for horses on the S&DR; unfortunately my sources are a bit vague on this bridge, although I have have ordered a couple of books. Edgepedia (talk) 13:52, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I could have misunderstood here, I shall check my sources later this evening. Edgepedia (talk) 14:43, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * 1856 sounds like its the date of the tunnel opening that replaced Brusselton Incline. The tunnel being less steep could be loco worked. Etherley had already closed as an incline and the track lifted by the 1840s, after it had been bypassed by the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway. This is for the Haggerleazes branch though, I don't know about the Witton Park line, across the bridge, that was a branch of this branch. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:43, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The Shildon Tunnel opened in 1842; the line connecting this to West Auckland, bypassing the incline, opened in 1858. I've checked my sources: Kirby pp. 94–95 says the last horses were used on the S&DR in 1854, however Allen p. 112 says that a horse was used between Stockton and Middlesbrough on Sundays until 1864. Edgepedia (talk) 20:45, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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