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Vryheid Branch Line Culvert north of Bloedrivier Bridge
Blood River/Bloedrivier district, KwaZulu-Natal

ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK DEPARTEMENT VAN SPOORWEGEN: Engineer
Maurits Edgar DE WILDT: Engineer
McLAGAN and MABY Brothers: Contractor

Date:1878
Type:Culvert
Style:Industrial Archaeology
Status:Adaptive re-use

 


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Coordinates:
27°52’31,182” S 30°37’59,754” E Alt: 1200m

A structure found along the line between the Vryheid Branch Line Bridge over the Bloedrivier and the Cutting east of Scheepersnek linking the NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS to the ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK DEPARTEMENT VAN SPOORWEGEN Voetpadsdrif-Vryheid Branch Line. The old stone two bay culvert is concreted into the later rebuild of the rail trajectory.