Major Structures
The Hayle Railway had not had any large structures, and all the viaducts on the new West Cornwall Railway line were built new by them in the period 1850 - 1852. They were of Brunel's timber trestle designs. When the Associated Companies took control of the line and installed broad gauge, they were reconstructed, and they were eventually replaced in brick arch or brick pier and wrought iron. They were:
- Penwithers Viaduct, 124 yards long, replaced in 1887
- Chacewater Viaduct, 99 yards long, replaced in 1888
- Blackwater Viaduct (east of Chacewater), 132 yards long, replaced in 1888
- Redruth Viaduct, 163 yards long, replaced in 1888
- Penponds Viaduct, 291 yards long, replaced 1888
- Angarrack Viaduct, 266 yards long, replaced in 1885
- Guildford Viaduct (east of Hayle station), 128 yards long, replaced in 1886
- Hayle Viaduct, 277 yards long, replaced 1886
- Penzance Viaduct, 347 yards long, reconstructed in 1871 and replaced by a double track embankment in 1921.
Note: some of the viaduct lengths are uncertain.
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