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Re: River Irwell flooding - is the ELR OK?

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:34:40 -0800 (PST), Stephen Furley wrote:

> On 20 Nov, 00:26, WZR <inva...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:59 -0800 (PST), Pyromancer wrote:
>>> I'm seeing BBC news reports about major flood alerts in the North
>>> West, including reports that the Irwell has already burst its banks.
>>> ISTR last time that happened it carried away one of the ELR's bridges
>>> between Irwell Vale and Ramsbottom.  Is there any significant risk to
>>> the railway this time round?
>>
>> IIRC the problam last time was a tree which was uprooted by the flow and
>> carried downstream until it collided with and damaged a central pier on a
>> bridge to the north of Irwell Vale.
>>
>> The bridge in question had been reconstructed with a reinforced concrete
>> deck spanning between the abutments, and the central pier did not contribute
>> a crucial amount of support.  ISTR that at least one train had passed over
>> the bridge before the damage was discovered, there being no sign from the
>> top that there was anything amiss.
>>
>> This report from today suggests the Irwell flooding (at Nuttall Park in
>> Ramsbottom, adjacent to the ELR) is receding and the river level has peaked.
>>
<http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/burnley/4745125.East_Lancashire_...>
>>
>> --
>> WZR
>
> Not directly related to railways as far as I'm aware, but the flooding
> is much worse in Cumbria.  Hundreds of people evacuated in
> Cockermouth, Two road bridges collapased in Workington, and serious
> flooding, though it doesn't look quite so bad, in Keswick.

One of the collapsed bridges is a footbridge, built on the abutments, and
possibly piers, of the former Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
viaduct.  The other main road bridge, the collapse of which sadly caused the
death of a policeman, also crosses the path of the Cockermouth & Workington
railway, now a road running along the northern bank of the Derwent.

Said railway also of course had a connection with another line in the area
which will be well known to regular uk.r readers.

--
WZR

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