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Vryheid Branch Line Viaduct west of Vryheid
Vryheid district, KwaZulu-Natal

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

Date:1898
Type:Viaduct
Style:Industrial Archaeology
Status:Ruin

 


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Coordinates:
27°46’51,49” S 30°45’38,78” E Alt: 1124m

The remaining sandstone abutments of the east and west banks of the demolishes steel viaduct found along the line between the Vryheid Branch Line Bridge over the White Umfolozi and the bridge west of Vryheid linking the NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS to the ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK DEPARTEMENT VAN SPOORWEGEN Voetpadsdrif-Vryheid Branch Line.