Sites and Monument Record: Carron Works Railway Bridge (SMR 241)
Description
This bridge joined the Carron Works to the main railway network. It entered the works at a high level, the large arch over the river and the smaller one over the road to W Carron being continued as a series of arches within the compound. The river arch is the only one remaining. It has channelled bullnosed ashlar voussoirs with dressed margins, and snecked rubble spandrels and wing walls spandrels strengthened with old rails, arranged radially. Road span to N removed. The springer stone for the small arch on the north and south ends has the date 1860 carved on it. 2 span segmental arched masonry bridge. The pier on line with the boundary wall of the Carron Iron works was removed in 1998 to widen the road into Carron Phoenix.
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