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Swin Bridge

Cockfield, GB

Swin Bridge

Swin Bridge (also 'Cockfield Bridge' or 'Haggerleases Bridge') is the local name for a skew arch bridge in County Durham. It was built in 1830 for the Haggerleases branch of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, crossing the River Gaunless at Cockfield. It is important as an early example of the maso

nry arch skew bridge, and the first used to carry a railway.

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