Calstock Viaduct Arches Through Trees Devon and Cornwall Border Sweatshirt

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The huge Calstock Viaduct provides an impressive backdrop towering over trees by the River Tamar, the border between Devon & Cornwall, SW England, UK. It is now a Grade II listed building. Built by John Lang between 1904-07 as part of the Plymouth, Devonport and South West Junction Railway which had bought the East Cornwall Mineral Railway in 1894. From the protected building heritage listing its architectural construction and details comprise of "precast concrete block, manufactured on site in the casting yard on the Devon side of the viaduct. The viaduct has twelve round arches, with rectangular plan tapered piers, in rusticated blocks, with rounded cutwaters. The arches have imposts and voussoirs, plain parapet and coping; stepped corbel between each pair of arches, forming refuges in the parapet". It is made out of 11,148 concrete blocks, has 12 x 60 ft. spans, a length of 800ft (240m) and is 120ft (37m) high. A steam powered lift, one of the highest in the country, was used to l...

Images exploring Devon & Cornwall's remote inspiring landscapes, breathtaking coast, ruins and shipwrecks in this beautiful part of SW England, UK. The stunning natural beauty of the area, which changes with the light, seasons and coastal climate, is constantly inspiring. There is so much history here too with human occupation spanning millennia. A photographer's dream. My photos are mostly taken spontaneously in less visited places or from unusual viewpoints. If they hold your attention, lift your spirit, make you ask questions, make you smile or fire your imagination and your wish to explore then it is more than enough reward....although you can buy prints too! ;)My photos mostly explore beautiful rural North Devon & Cornwall...