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Meldon Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct crossing the West Okement River at Meldon, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Okehampton, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, South West England. This truss bridge was constructed from wrought iron, instead of stone or brick arches. It opened in 1874 for a single track; in 1879 its width was doubled for a ...
Meldon quarry site in 2002 with the viaduct in the background. Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England. It is at the northern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles SW of Okehampton. It was developed from 1897 to supply track ballast and other stone products for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was privatised in 1994.
Train at Meldon Viaduct Station. A new station at Meldon Quarry was opened during 2000 by Dartmoor Railway to act as the terminus of a passenger service from Okehampton. It has a single platform adjacent to the former up line but situated slightly nearer to Okehampton than the former Staff Halt.
Meldon is a hamlet in West Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. [1] It is 4 km south-west of Okehampton . Its main features are the Meldon Quarry and Meldon Reservoir and the nearby Meldon Viaduct .
A heritage Class 205 train at Meldon Viaduct station in 2013. Meldon Viaduct, an iron truss bridge about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) further up the line from Okehampton, was designated as a scheduled monument and refurbished shortly after the opening of the heritage railway; a new station of the same name, unrelated to any historic station, was built at ...
The Avocet Line was saved from closure, but Okehampton lost its passenger services from 1972. The line survived, however, for the purposes of freight thanks to the activities of the British Rail ballast quarry at Meldon, three miles from Okehampton, [1] which had an output of 300,000 tons per year. [3] The line to the quarry closed in 2011. [1]
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Preble County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.