Penwethers
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Penweathers is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one mile (1.6 km) west of Truro city centre.
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- hamlet
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- United Kingdom
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- Cornwall
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- The Truro to Falmouth branch line at Penweathers - geograph.org.uk - 1042564.jpg
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- TR3
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- SW801438
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- Cornwall
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Penweathers is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately one mile (1.6 km) west of Truro city centre.
The West Cornwall Railway opened the Penwithers railway viaduct on 17 December 1887. Constructed of granite from the quarries at Carn Brea. It consists of seven arches with a total length of . With a uniform width of , it was designed for a possible upgrade to two lines, if needed in the future.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penwethers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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