tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post5094228636706698373..comments2024-03-19T22:19:20.357+00:00Comments on Captain Ahab's Watery Tales: North Walsham and Dilham Canal - the northern reachesAndy Tidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-64707595472328711402010-02-05T23:05:35.015+00:002010-02-05T23:05:35.015+00:00In company with Matilda I had a look recently at ...In company with Matilda I had a look recently at the canal where the railway line crosses it near Swafield. As you say the old railway bridge has gone and there is a new high level metal bridge which is gated and locked. <br /><br />I think this was built just as a pipeline bridge. The pipeline bringing gunge from the Bacton Gas terminal to the railhead at North Walsham takes this route. Sadly the railway line had been closed only a few years before it was needed to service the gas terminal and was eventually replaced by the pipeline. <br /><br />Although the bridge has a footway, no doubt in deference to the health and safety of the workers, it is rather a lightweight structure and I doubt whether it could be made available to the ordinary walking public who are obliged to clamber down to the low level wooden bridge.Dr Dnoreply@blogger.com