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[[File: Waterworks_Crossing_20150610.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Waterworks Crossing]]
 
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[[File: Waterworks_20150610.jpg|thumb|300px|right| The Waterworks bridge]]
 
[[File: Waterworks_20150610.jpg|thumb|300px|right| The Waterworks bridge]]
Waterworks Crossing is situated north of milepost 145¾.  It provides access for a private road to the Severn Trent Waterworks on the eastern side of the river via a bridge over the river. The bridge is supported by two arched water carrying pipes that support the bridge span.  
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Waterworks Crossing is situated north of milepost 145&frac34;.  It provides access for a private road to the South Staffordshire Water Company’s treatment plant on the eastern side of the Severn. The plant, which can be seen on the left in the second picture, provides water to the Severn Trent system<ref Name = "FTW">From the Window, SVR publication</ref>.
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Water is piped to the treatment plant from nearby Chelmarsh Reservoir, which is close to the railway on the western side, although not visible from it. After passing under the railway in the vicinity of the crossing, the pipes cross the Severn, forming the two blue arches that support the decking of the private road bridge<ref name = "FTW" />.
  
 
The crossing was used as a filming location in the 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action family film [[Candleshoe]].
 
The crossing was used as a filming location in the 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action family film [[Candleshoe]].
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The crossing is normally gated when not in use, as seen in the first photograph.
 
The crossing is normally gated when not in use, as seen in the first photograph.
  
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==References==
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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[[List of infrastructure]]<br>
 
[[List of infrastructure]]<br>
 
[[Farm crossing south of milepost 146½ | Towards Bridgnorth]]
 
[[Farm crossing south of milepost 146½ | Towards Bridgnorth]]
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[[From The Window]]

Revision as of 17:31, 1 December 2015

Waterworks Crossing
The Waterworks bridge

Waterworks Crossing is situated north of milepost 145¾. It provides access for a private road to the South Staffordshire Water Company’s treatment plant on the eastern side of the Severn. The plant, which can be seen on the left in the second picture, provides water to the Severn Trent system[1].

Water is piped to the treatment plant from nearby Chelmarsh Reservoir, which is close to the railway on the western side, although not visible from it. After passing under the railway in the vicinity of the crossing, the pipes cross the Severn, forming the two blue arches that support the decking of the private road bridge[1].

The crossing was used as a filming location in the 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action family film Candleshoe.

Sadly, the crossing was the location of a fatal accident in January 1994 where a locomotive struck a van negotiating the crossing. An inquest in May recorded a verdict of 'accidental death' with no blame attached to the Railway.

The crossing is normally gated when not in use, as seen in the first photograph.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 From the Window, SVRSevern Valley Railway publication

See also

Towards Kidderminster
List of infrastructure
Towards Bridgnorth

From The Window