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Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner

A walk along the Liskeard and Caradon Railway between Minions and Tokenbury corner around Caradon Hill.

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  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Rillaton Bridge, Minions. Rillaton Mill bridge was demolished on Sunday 1 April 1945 by 259 (Wessex) Field Company of the Royal Engineers as an experimental exercise using junior staff. 259 Field Company were a reserve force and never saw service outside the UK: they were based at Uffculme in Mid Devon. The demolition rubble was cleared from the road beneath and taken to a dump offsite on the same afternoon as the explosives were detonated. The Bridge had previously been inspected in May 1935 by the GWR Plymouth Divisional Engineer Ernest Lake, in the company of Edgar Collcutt, the Cornwall County Surveyor. Colcutt was then of the opinion that the arch of Bridge 22 would require demolition if double-deck buses were to be introduced on the Rilla Mill-Minions-Liskeard route. This did not happen and the bridge survived until 1 April 1945. During GWR ownership the the bridge was number 22 on the structure-numbering system for the line from Buller Quay in Looe, and had a 20 foot span and was 15 foot height. With acknowledgement to the Caradon Heritage Project for the information on the demolition of Rillaton Bridge. http://www.caradonhill.org.uk/

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Rillaton Bridge, Minions. Rillaton Mill bridge was demolished on Sunday 1 April 1945 by 259 (Wessex) Field Company of the Royal Engineers as an experimental exercise using junior staff. 259 Field Company were a reserve force and never saw service outside the UK: they were based at Uffculme in Mid Devon. The demolition rubble was cleared from the road beneath and taken to a dump offsite on the same afternoon as the explosives were detonated. The Bridge had previously been inspected in May 1935 by the GWR Plymouth Divisional Engineer Ernest Lake, in the company of Edgar Collcutt, the Cornwall County Surveyor. Colcutt was then of the opinion that the arch of Bridge 22 would require demolition if double-deck buses were to be introduced on the Rilla Mill-Minions-Liskeard route. This did not happen and the bridge survived until 1 April 1945. During GWR ownership the the bridge was number 22 on the structure-numbering system for the line from Buller Quay in Looe, and had a 20 foot span and was 15 foot height. With acknowledgement to the Caradon Heritage Project for the information on the demolition of Rillaton Bridge. http://www.caradonhill.org.uk/

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View looking across the former Rillaton Bridge towards the Cheesewring Quarry and Phoenix United Mine. Rillaton Mill bridge was demolished on Sunday 1 April 1945 by 259 (Wessex) Field Company of the Royal Engineers as an experimental exercise using junior staff. 259 Field Company were a reserve force and never saw service outside the UK: they were based at Uffculme in Mid Devon. The demolition rubble was cleared from the road beneath and taken to a dump offsite on the same afternoon as the explosives were detonated. The Bridge had previously been inspected in May 1935 by the GWR Plymouth Divisional Engineer Ernest Lake, in the company of Edgar Collcutt, the Cornwall County Surveyor. Colcutt was then of the opinion that the arch of Bridge 22 would require demolition if double-deck buses were to be introduced on the Rilla Mill-Minions-Liskeard route. This did not happen and the bridge survived until 1 April 1945. During GWR ownership the the bridge was number 22 on the structure-numbering system for the line from Buller Quay in Looe, and had a 20 foot span and was 15 foot height. With acknowledgement to the Caradon Heritage Project for the information on the demolition of Rillaton Bridge. http://www.caradonhill.org.uk/

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View back towards Rillaton Bridge where the track passes through the site of Wheal Jenkin and Marke Valley Consols Mine.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View back towards Minions, with the engine houses of Wheal Jenkin visible.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View back towards Minions, with the engine houses of Wheal Jenkin visible.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

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  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View downhill towards Tokenbury Corner.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View back towards Minions, with the engine houses of Wheal Jenkin visible.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Cheesewring Granite Quarry and to the right the Prince of Wales engine house at Phoenix United mine can be seen.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Cheesewring Granite Quarry and to the right the Prince of Wales engine house at Phoenix United mine can be seen.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    The walk continues on a falling gradient around the north east corner of Caradon Hill above the village of Upton Cross with views towards Dartmoor and Kit Hill.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    The walk continues on a falling gradient around the north east corner of Caradon Hill above the village of Upton Cross with views towards Dartmoor and Kit Hill.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    The walk continues on a falling gradient around the north east corner of Caradon Hill above the village of Upton Cross with views towards Dartmoor and Kit Hill.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    The walk continues on a falling gradient around the north east corner of Caradon Hill above the village of Upton Cross with views towards Dartmoor and Kit Hill.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View looking back in the direction of Minions from above Upton Cross. An engine house from Marke Valley Mine can just be seen in the centre background.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross viewed from the track bed.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View up hill back towards Minions near Upton Cross.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Continuing down hill towards Tokenbury Corner.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    View back towards Minions

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Continuing on the falling gradient to Tokenbury Corner.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Reverse view back up the gradient towards Minions.

  • Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Liskeard and Caradon Railway: Minions to Tokenbury Corner - September 07, 2020

    Reverse view back up the gradient towards Minions.

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