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|county 1=Buckingham<br />
|county 2=Berks<br />
|picture =Black Potts Bridge (Nancy).JPG<br />
|picture caption= Downstream side of Black Potts Bridge<br />
|carries=Staines to Windsor & Eton Line<br />
|crosses=[[River Thames]]<br />
|locale= [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]<br />
|material = Iron<br />
|built=1850<br />
|latitude=51.4926<br />
|longitude=-0.597<br />
}}<br />
'''Black Potts Railway Bridge''' carries the railway from London (Waterloo) to [[Windsor, Berkshire]] across the [[River Thames]]. The Staines to Windsor & Eton Line terminates immediately after the bridge at Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station. The bridge crosses the Thames on the reach above [[Old Windsor Lock]], shortly before [[Romney Lock]].<br />
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==History==<br />
In 1849 the Windsor Staines and Richmond Railway sought leave to erect a temporary crossing here and the bridge was opened in 1850.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref> The opening delay was caused by the collapse of one of the piers on the day before inspection.<ref>[http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorbridges/bridges2.html Thames web on the Windsor bridges]</ref> The bridge is supported in the middle by [[Black Potts Ait]]. Originally the bridge had ornate cast-iron ribs, but these corroded and were replaced with more utilitarian wrought-iron girders, which radically altered the bridge's appearance. <br />
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==Black Potts Viaduct==<br />
[[File:black potts viaduct.jpg|thumb|250px|Jubilee River at Black Potts Viaduct]]<br />
Immediately to the east of the bridge is the Black Potts Railway Viaduct. This had to be provided with substantial protection<ref>[http://www.jubileeriver.co.uk/070722%20-%20black%20potts%20weir.htm Detail photo of viaduct protection]</ref> when the [[Jubilee River]] was constructed, as the outfall of this channel passes through the brick arches of the existing Victorian viaduct, just downstream of the Black Potts Railway Bridge.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Crossings of the River Thames]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Outside links==<br />
*[http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0011242 Structurae database entry]<br />
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[[Category:Bridges across the River Thames]]</div>Owain