Flush Bracket 189: Sharpness, Severn Railway Bridge   

Flush Bracket on stone in support of Swing Bridge, S.E. end of the Severn Railway Bridge [2GL].

Location
Grid reference: SO 6780 0340.
Landranger 162: Gloucester & Forest of Dean.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB189.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

G2655	Kingshill Farm 682.64m to the east.
196	Brookend Farm 1.11km to the southeast.
110	Brookend 1.32km to the southeast.
G3930	Purton, Railway Bridge 1.40km to the northwest.
188	Purton, Berkeley Hunt Hotel 1.64km to the northeast.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Sharpness, 854.75m to the south.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 35.8580 feet [10.9295 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Sapperton to Sharpness levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on stone in support of Swing Bridge, S.E. end of the Severn Railway Bridge.

Logged Visits
Logged on 11th March 2007 by lackofluke. Condition: Destroyed.
Gone alright, no two ways about that. The scar is obvious. If the remains are anything to go by, there would have been one enormous swing bridge here!

Logged on 23rd April 2006 by iangr2004. Grid reference: SO 6782 0341. Condition: Destroyed.
FB recess clearly visible facing SE in round stone structure on G&S Canal towpath - remains of railway swing bridge
Not entirely surprising Iain failed to find it - my original plot was the swing bridge in the middle of Sharpness docks ...

Logged on 20th December 2005 by iainmac. Condition: Couldn't find it.
And really surprised not to find it as all looks original. May be buried.