Pont Goch WSCo Oakeley Viaduct.

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Pont Goch WSCo Oakeley Viaduct.

Pont Goch (WSCo Oakeley Viaduct), September 1921. The left hand pillar still retains the earlier stayed tubular metal frame (plus angled wooden supports to the bridge deck) whilst the other pillars straddling the LNWR have been rebuilt in brick. The decking for the span over the LNWR has also been reinforced with steel sections. Spion Kop Incline and drumhouse are prominent top left. The LNWR (today's Conwy Valley line) runs along the valley floor, with the southern tunnel mouth in the background. The Dinas Branch runs to the left of the stone wall. The photograph has been taken from Glan y Don tip.

The course of the buried Rhiwbryfdir Quarry (later Oakeley Middle Quarry) incline can be traced of the left hand side of the valley in front of the viaduct buttress. Note the iron coal waggon on the curved stone embankment under the viaduct. This line is still in use because it was still connected to the old WSCo incline on the other side of the viaduct. Waggons had to reverse from this head shunt to reach the LNWR wharf by the tunnel.

Source. Lilywhite 7 via Peter Johnson

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