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From a private collection
This drawing shows the repairs to the viaduct following bombing on the 25th May when two arches and a pier were destroyed. Allegedly the gap was bridged, with iron girders, within a day and the arches and pier rebuilt within a month. This enabled vital war supplies to be transported once more. The view is from the north looking south.Text by John Blackwell, 14-05-03
Drawing by Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953)
Aerial view of the London Road viaduct, 1991
Picture contributed on 11-05-04 by Ian McKenzie, from private collection
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Dear Sir,
I would have been about 5 when the viaduct was bombed. I remember how comparitively quickly it was temporarily spanned and then rebuilt. Much later I attended the Technical College which stood near those footings. Later I used to go loco spotting on the cliff top above the Hove line and the sheds. I now work on the Mid-Norfolk Railway at Dereham where we have a Brighton built 1954 baltic tank – 80078 on loan.
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