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Pensford Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in the village of Pensford within the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade II listed building. ==History== The viaduct was built in 1874 to carry the Bristol and North Somerset Railway over the valley of the River Chew. The contractor was J. Perry, of Tredegar Works, Bow. During construction the bridge failed and had to be rebuilt. The last scheduled passenger train to cross the viaduct was the 9:25 a.m. from Frome to Bristol on 31 October 1959; after that there were only goods trains (mainly bringing coal from Radstock), which ceased in 1964, and very occasional excursion trains. It officially closed after the Great Flood of 1968 which damaged the viaduct and other buildings in Pensford and the wider Chew Valley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/gallery/pensford.html )〕 The viaduct was offered for sale for £1,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.publow-with-pensford-pc.gov.uk/pub/backlook/viaduct_sale_01.pdf )〕 in 1984;〔 however, the likely maintenance costs were prohibitive and no one bought it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.publow-with-pensford-pc.gov.uk/?page_id=1563 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://uniquepropertybulletinarchive.co.uk/?page_id=125 )〕 It became the property of BRB (Residuary) Ltd which took over some of the assets of the British Railways Board when it was privatised.〔 In September 2013, BRB (Residuary) Ltd was abolished, with assets being transferred to the Highways Agency Historical Railways Estate. In 2014 a new microbrewery in Pensford known as the Chew Valley Brewery used a depiction of the viaduct as its logo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pensford Viaduct」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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