A guide, descriptive and historical, through the Town of Shrewsbury

by W. A. Leighton

RAILWAY VIADUCT

over the river Severn, consisting of 7 elliptical arches, 45 feet span, rising 18 feet above the springings. The Viaduct is quite level throughout its whole length, in width is 39 feet, and the level of the rails about 36 feet above the ordinary level of the river.

Passing under an arch of the Viaduct we see immediately before us the elegant English Bridge, and arrive at