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	River Thames and boaty things (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Of the 76 on the non-tidal section, 13 are railway bridges, 46 are road and 17 are footbridges.
		This bridge, also known as the Queen Elizabeth Bridge, was designed by the engineers of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils in association with the architect Courtney Theobald and is of similar construction to the Marlow By-pass Bridge described earlier.
		In about 1795 the bridge became unsafe and the ferry was introduced again by George III until 1811 when the Crown used its influence to insist that a new bridge be built by the Counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
	www.the-river-thames.co.uk /bridges.htm (6400 words)

	Maidenhead history - maidenhead.net
		Maidenhead is quite a new town by English village standards.
		The new travellers coming through the town over the bridge had to be fed and watered and this is why the town grew so quickly after the first bridge was built.
		Maidenhead has a population of around 60,000 and is part of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
	www.maidenhead.net /history (660 words)

	Maidenhead Railway Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maidenhead Railway Bridge as Turner saw it in 1844
		Maidenhead Railway Bridge is a railway bridge carrying the main line of the Great Western Railway over the River Thames in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.
		The railway is carried across the river on two brick arches, which at the time of building were the widest and flattest in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maidenhead_Railway_Bridge (324 words)

	River Thames
		Part of the area west of London is sometimes termed the Thames Valley[?] whilst east of Tower Bridge development agencies and Ministers have taken to using the term "Thames Gateway".
		There are many bridges and tunnels crossing the Thames, including Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Lambeth Bridge[?], and the Dartford Crossing.
		There are also many tunnels used by "tube" trains as part of the London Underground network or (at Greenwich), the Docklands Light Railway, and a free ferry for vehicles, cycles and people on foot during daylight hours at Woolwich.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/Thames.html (579 words)

	ooBdoo
		The building of a new London Bridge in 1825 may also have been a factor; the new bridge had fewer pillars than the old, so allowing the river to flow more freely, thus preventing it from flowing slowly enough to freeze in cold winters.
		The Thames rises in Gloucestershire, traditionally forming the county boundary, firstly between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, between Berkshire on the south bank and Oxfordshire on the north, between Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, between Berkshire and Surrey, between Surrey and Middlesex and between Essex and Kent.
		Between Maidenhead and Windsor, the Thames supports an artificial secondary channel, known as the Jubilee River, for flood relief purposes.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Thames (2713 words)

	Maidenhead & District Chamber of Commerce - supporting local businesses
		The aims of the Maidenhead and District Chamber of Commerce are:
		Maidenhead Chamber of Commerce exists for the benefit of its 400 members, which include businesses large and small, from all industries and services.
		The inaugural meeting of Maidenhead Chamber of Commerce was held in the Council Chamber on 4 May 1905 under the chairmanship of the Mayor.
	www.maidenhead.org.uk /about.html (1465 words)

	Great Western Railway - UK Railways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Various other railways were built in the area to connect with the GWR: The Bristol and Exeter Railway reached Exeter by 1844, The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway linked Swindon to Gloucester and Cheltenham in 1845, and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway brought the broad gauge to Gloucester in 1844.
		By the 1860s the gauge war was lost; with the merger of the standard-gauge West Midlands Railway into the GWR in 1861 mixed gauge came to Paddington, and by 1869 there was no broad gauge track north of Oxford.
		The South Wales Railway opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
	ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/GWR (1108 words)

	Newcomen Society - Brunel's railway bridge, Maidenhead, UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a conduit for the steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway, the bridge also can be seen as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution.
		The bridge crosses over the Thames at Maidenhead near London and was designed in 1838 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
		The glimpse of the earlier stone bridge, seen through one of the arches, points to the technology of an earlier age.
	www.newcomen.com /mhead.htm (167 words)

	Maidenhead Rowing Club River Thames Web Camera - About the View
		The bridge carries the Great Western Railway, a railway that Brunel designed and built with the intention of it linking London to the USA, the wet bit being done by boat of course.
		The Maidenhead Rowing Club boat from the raft in front of the camera, the most likely times to see rowing crews are weekend mornings and summer evenings.
		Maidenhead is on one of the busiest parts of the non tidal Thames, you may therefore see many craft on the river particularly in the summer months when there are a large number of hire cruisers making their way past the club.
	www.maidenheadrc.org.uk /webcam/things_to_spot.htm (523 words)

	Heritage Railway magazine - The UK's Heritage and preservation railway news source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Maidenhead Bridge, while elegant, was remarkable for its span but was not copied for other railways because multiple arches or iron spans were regarded as better solutions.
		The original Bristol station, while architecturally interesting, was placed where it quite ignored the possibility of extension of the railway to the south west, and it had to be supplemented by a new station on a connecting curve in later years.
		The adoption of this gauge flew in the face of the efforts by the rest of the fledgling railway industry to establish industry standards, not least of which was that most fundamental standard, gauge, and all the interoperability benefits that went with it.
	www.heritagerailway.co.uk /letters.htm (716 words)

	Maidenhead Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maidenhead Bridge is a bridge carrying the A4 road over the River Thames to the east of Maidenhead.
		The current stone bridge was designed by architect Robert Taylor and built at a cost of £19,000 in 1777.
		It was a toll bridge until 1903, when motorists decided they were no longer prepared to pay and threw the gates into the river.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maidenhead_Bridge (135 words)

	The Town Bridge, Windsor. 1824. A ThamesWeb illustrated history
		The original bridge would have been damaged on a number of occasions, both by floods and wayward barges, and doubtless was beyond repair.
		The cycle of repair and rebuilding would have continued through the ages until finally in 1819 the wooden bridge had deteriorated to such an extent that a new bridge, made from modern materials and sturdily constructed was decided upon.
		It is true that the bridge developed cracks at some point in its history, (in those areas where the was an element of tension), but it had already been used for a very long time by heavy traffic that the original designer could not possibly have envisaged.
	www.thamesweb.co.uk /windsor/windsorbridges/winbridge.html (3127 words)

	The Downstream Bridges of Windsor and Datchet. History by ThamesWeb, Windsor
		The bridge was for the use of the public and was at all times free of toll much to the concern of Windsor's Corporation who lost revenue from their toll bridge as a result, but were recompensed by The Treasury.
		Victoria Bridge was built originally at the same time as the Albert Bridge in 1851 and paid for in part by the Windsor, Staines and Richmond Railway Company, anxious to extend their line from Staines, through Datchet to Windsor, in the hope of royal patronage.
		Victoria Bridge was reopened in 1967 but not before the railway company, the nationalised British Railways by this time, had been pressed to make a substantial contribution towards the cost of repairing the bridge, the upkeep of which their predecessors had been responsible for over the preceding 110 years.
	www.thamesweb.co.uk /windsor/windsorbridges/bridges2.html (3154 words)

	Isambard Kingdom Brunel Bicentenary - new Great Britain stamps 23 February 2006 - from Norvic Philatelics
		The magnificent Royal Albert Bridge, designed and built to carry the Cornwall Railway at a height of 100 feet across the waters of the River Tamar at Saltash, must surely be recognised as one of his most outstanding works.
		In an age when the new railways were regarded as the acme of modernity and sources of future prosperity for provincial cities and towns, public interest in Brunel’s daring schemes for the GWR was intense.
		The image is taken from a colour lithograph of the Maidenhead Bridge by John Cook Bourne, copyright National Railway Museum/Science and Society Picture Library.
	www.norvic-philatelics.co.uk /2006/brunel (1501 words)

	Untitled Document
		At Maidenhead the railway crossed the River Thames.
		A bridge was needed, but the canal towpath was still in use and boats used a wide section of the river for navigation (steering).
		Opposition to the railway was strong, especially from landowners who didn't want to lose land or have noise, danger and a spoilt view.
	www.becal.net /toolkit/smrtvalues/resources/gwr_lesson_resource.htm (571 words)

	MDLMarinas.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Maidenhead railway bridge is 2 miles upriver of the marina.
		Transit Bray lock and the M4 bridge; pass by Monkey Island and the marina is to starboard at the head of Queen’s Eyot island.
		Trains from Waterloo will arrive at Windsor & Eton Riverside railway station which is about 3 miles from Bray Marina.Trains from Paddington/Reading and the south will arrive at Maidenhead, which is about 2 miles from Bray Marina.
	www.mdlmarinas.co.uk /marinas/bray/find_us.php (346 words)

	Maidenhead Railway Bridge (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first stage of the railway opened from Paddington to a temporary terminus at Maidenhead Riverside, near the Bath Road at Taplow, as the bridge over the Thames was not complete.
		The broad gauge of the railway for which the bridge was designed is evident.
		Yet sixty years have passed and the bridge not only stands as firmly as ever, but nowadays sustains the weight of trains and engines more than twice as heavy as those originally in vogue.
	www.thames.me.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /s00710.htm (1002 words)

	Maidenhead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Windsor and Maidenhead are twinned with St Cloud in France, Bad Godesberg in Germany, Frascati in Italy and Kortrijk in Belgium.
		Maidenhead Station is the beginning of the branch line from Maidenhead to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, and is one of the proposed termini for the London Crossrail scheme.
		Maidenhead is also home to St Piran's School, Claires Court School (boys), The College (girls), Highfield (girls) and Ridgeway private prep schools; as well as Furze Platt School which caters for junior to college level students and Courthouse Junior School.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maidenhead (1101 words)

	Isambard Kingdom Brunel
		He also constructed two railway lines in Italy and was an adviser on the construction of the Victorian lines in Australia and the Eastern Bengal Railway, India.
		Of all of Brunel's railway bridges, his last, and greatest, was to be the Royal Albert bridges, crossing the river Tamar at Saltash near Plymouth.
		The bridge was opened in 1859, the year of Brunels death.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /b.gardner/brunel/kingbrun.html (771 words)

	Great Western Railway (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Meanwhile, further developments were made in the GWR's heartland: the South Devon Railway (which for a time experimented with the “atmospheric” system of propulsion) was opened in 1849, extending the broad gauge to Plymouth, and the Cornwall Railway took it over the Royal Albert Bridge and into Cornwall, reaching Penzance by 1867.
		The South Wales Railway, terminating at Neyland, opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
		South of [[Exeter the Railway clings to the coastline]] Through this period the conversion to standard gauge continued, with mixed-gauge track reaching Exeter in 1876.
	great-western-railway.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1296 words)

	Searching the Thames: Maidenhead
		Trying to cross the dual carriageway en route from Maidenhead's railway station to the river I am hailed by the youthful driver of a pulsating red sports car travelling at speed.
		I am not sure why engineers talk of bridges being `thrown' across rivers, unless it is a kind of macho bravado, trying to persuade us that this most extraordinary feat of their skill is a mere bagatelle.
		Brunel's bridge is of brick and has probably the widest span as well as the shallowest rise ever achieved in pure brick construction.
	www.thames-search.com /maidenhead.html (645 words)

	The River Thames Guide - Things to Do - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The bridge is famous for its remarkable brick arches, which are - at once - the widest and flattest arches in the world at 128 feet across and 24 feet high.
		You certainly get a feel for the bridge's ambitious scope and vision, and you can only marvel at its strength, especially considering that it still looks relatively new after 160 years.
		Brunel's bridge, found down a private road, paves the way for one of the Thames' most elegant pathways, and so not only do you have history but staggering beauty as well alongside the River Thames.
	www.riverthames.co.uk /thingstodo/1218.htm (158 words)

	Oracle University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the roundabout go straight ahead, signposted Town Centre, keep in the left hand lane and go under the railway bridge to traffic lights.
		Follow this road over a mini-roundabout, over railway bridge, past St Mary's school on your left, over the next mini-roundabout.
		Maidenhead station is a 10 minute taxi ride or 30 minute walk from Power Education.
	www.oracle.com /global/ie/education/maps/maidenhead.html (348 words)

	Maidenhead - Wycombe Railway
		In May 1968 the through service from Maidenhead to Aylesbury was severely cut back, and in the same year both Loudwater and Wooburn Green were reduced to pay-train halts.
		After little public opposition, this stretch of the Wycombe Railway with its five level crossings was closed on 2nd May 1970, and the track lifted.
		The chief outcome of this meeting was the formation of the Marlow - Maidenhead Railway Passengers' Association with the primary objective of keeping open and promoting use of the line for the benefit of the community.
	www.mmpa.org.uk /history.html (1124 words)

	Maidenhead & District Talking Newspaper Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A swolen River Thames looking south from Maidenhead Bridge towards the railway bridge during the winter of 2000.
		Maidenhead Rowing Club's boathouse can be seen on the left.
		Maidenhead Clock Tower, seen from Station Approach on a summer evening in 2004, and from the other side on 12th March 2005.
	www.maidenheadtn.org.uk /images (234 words)

	Accommodation in Maidenhead - hotels guest houses bed and breakfast self catering cottage accommodation in Maidenhead ...
		Maidenhead Berkshire is in England's 'Silicon Corridor' along the M4 motorway west of London.It is part of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
		It grew in importance after the first road bridge was built there, spanning the Thames and on the thoroughfare between Bristol and London, now the M4.The next big change for Maidenhead came with the arrival of the Great Western Railway in 1838.
		Brunel spanned the Thames with the brick built railway bridge which still stands.
	www.kayukay.co.uk /maidenhead.html (148 words)

	LRB \| Peter Campbell : On the way to Maidenhead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		His bridge over the Thames at Maidenhead was also a response to practical problems.
		The arches are wide because the bridge crosses the river in two spans.
		The Railway Station shows a train about to leave Paddington; the detail of the architecture is correct - Frith had photographs taken for reference - but it is the partings and greetings you look at first: detectives make an arrest, boys are sent off to school, a soldier holds up a child.
	www.lrb.co.uk /v26/n11/camp01_.html (984 words)

	Maidenhead & District Chamber of Commerce - A town review - Maidenhead's metamorphosis
		The most attractive format for retailers and the general public is a superstore with ample parking in front.
		This is the format which is most valuable to both the town and the occupier and would be a tremendous economic boost to Maidenhead.
		The existing sports uses could be relocated to the northern part of Braywick Park or possibly to the Spencers Farm area, both areas of greenbelt where such uses would be permissible.
	www.maidenhead.org.uk /area2.html (296 words)

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