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The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the village of Crumlin in South Wales, originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR) across the Ebbw River.Hailed as "one of the most significant examples of technological achievement during the Industrial Revolution", in its 109 years of service until being dismantled in 1967, it remained: the least expensive bridge for its size ever constructed; the highest railway viaduct in the United Kingdom; the third highest viaduct in the world, after the aqueduct at Spoleto, Italy, and the timber viaduct in Portage, New York state.

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rdfs:comment	The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the village of Crumlin in South Wales, originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR) across the Ebbw River.Hailed as "one of the most significant examples of technological achievement during the Industrial Revolution", in its 109 years of service until being dismantled in 1967, it remained: the least expensive bridge for its size ever constructed; the highest railway viaduct in the United Kingdom; the third highest viaduct in the world, after the aqueduct at Spoleto, Italy, and the timber viaduct in Portage, New York state.
foaf:name	Crumlin Viaduct
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architect	Liddell, Charles dbpedia:Thomas_W._Kennard
bridge carries	Taff Vale Extension
building end date	1857
building start date	1853
closing year	1967-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
construction material	dbpedia:Wrought_iron
cost ($)	62000.0
crosses	dbpedia:Ebbw_River
height (μ)	60(xsd:double)
length (μ)	259(xsd:double)
located in area	dbpedia:Monmouthshire_(historic)
mainspan (μ)	45(xsd:double)
number of spans	7(xsd:integer)
opening date	1857-06-01(xsd:dateTime)
opening year	1857-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
owner	British Rail dbpedia:Newport,_Abergavenny_and_Hereford_Railway
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crumlin_Viaduct_from_A472_geograph-2986887-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg?width=300
width (μ)	502(xsd:double)

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