Blowing up an old railway bridge

Dec. 12, 1971 - Old Railway bridges goes up with a bang at Mottingham station : Near Mottingham station this morning an explosion sent a three-arch railway bridge crashing to the ground. The brick bridge - 35 feet high, 22 feet wide and over a century old - spans 160 feet of the Dartford loop line in a cutting about in 1865 to give access to farmland on either side of the railway line. Known locally as Brown's Farm bridge, it has not been used for many years and because of the high cost of maintenance, southern region decided to demolish it. The job was done by Mr. Neville Barber, a demolition exert from Bexhill, Sussex. photo shows The old bridge seen going up with a bang this morning near the Mottingham station Kent

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