Viola, where was/is Weir's Girder Bridge located? What town? - Karen Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2015, at 6:01 PM, Viola Wiggins via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Being an ex Railway employee I think of the many Railway Bridges or Viaducts > that would have a number of arches to carry the trains across a river Road > or Valley to reduct the gradient.. > One example is the Boyne Railway Bridge which incidently has seven arches > carrying the railway up to c60 ft above the roadway.. Annother was the > Weir's Girder Bridge over the River Erne but I can't remember how many > Stancheons it had. It is about 70 years since I climbed it one Tuesday. > When I got in throu the door of my home on the Friday my mother gave me such > a whach. > She had happened to be on the railcar and saw me sheltering in one of the > Boxes formed by the Girders to let the train pass. > A sore lesson learned that evening. > Viola > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Karen That bridge carried the SL&NC railway across the River Erne just outside Enniskillen. Near where the Killyhevlin Hotel is now. In the old Regal Cinema there used to be a mural depicting it. It was reputed to have been painted by Andy Davis, who worked for Nelson's Painters &Decorators. As far as I know that mural still exists in what is now the Unionist's Hall in Enniskillen Viola Sent from my iPad > On 28 Apr 2015, at 03:31, Karen Howard via <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Viola, where was/is Weir's Girder Bridge located? What town?