On this day in 1896, 129 years ago, the first passenger train broke the skyline on Fledborough Viaduct, a half-mile long structure crossing the flood plain of the River Trent with 59 brick arches and four girder spans over the river.
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The Border Counties Railway at Chollerton crossed the water on a fine skew bridge which is now listed.