Crumlin Viaduct
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The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the village of Crumlin in South Wales, originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR) across the Ebbw River.
Crumlin Viaduct in 1957
The viaduct passing over Crumlin Low Level Station
Lithograph 1860
Crumlin viaduct on the Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford railway extension to Taff vale ca 1865 by Newman and Co. (London, England)
Warren truss
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In structural engineering, a Warren truss or equilateral truss is a type of truss employing a weight-saving design based upon equilateral triangles. It is named after the British engineer James Warren, who patented it in 1848.
Crumlin Viaduct, 1857, an important early use of the Warren truss
Chiba Urban Monorail, Japan
A preserved Ansaldo SVA, with Warren truss bracing between its wings
A Handley Page H.P.42 shows off its interplane trusses