Talk:Boyne Viaduct

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Interlaced[edit]

Isn't the correct term 'gantlet'? LorenzoB 11:21, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's gauntlet track, but interlaced is acceptable. Slambo (Speak) 15:29, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dates and sources[edit]

The bridge was completed in 1855, but the first train crossed the river two years earlier? Are those dates correct? Did they send trains across a half-finished bridge? I have serious doubts. I have similarly serious doubts about the external link provided in the article; it confirms the 1855 completion date, but gets the engineer's background wrong, calling him Scottish. Huon (talk) 18:54, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The answer for the first question is that while the current viaduct was indeed completed in 1855, there was a temporary rail bridge across the river before that; I'll source that in the article later tonight, when I can get to books on someone else's bookshelf. (The temporary bridge is mentioned in the Drogheda railway station article.) FlowerpotmaN·(t) 19:22, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Err, make that tonight :). Have at least one source, but won;t have a chance to do anything with it unti later today. FlowerpotmaN·(t) 14:16, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not exactly a triumph of prose, but ref provided for the temporary bridge. Removed the external link; it really didn't add anything to the article apart from getting the origins of MacNeill wrong. I'll look around for some better external sites FlowerpotmaN·(t) 22:53, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, good job! Huon (talk) 22:55, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]