Where To Stream Time Team Season 8 Episode 5
The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales
- Aired February 4, 2001
- 60 Min
- Rated 10.0
- Number 33 Of 221 Rated Episodes
Time Team attempt to find what is reputed to be the first railway viaduct. Built in 1790, to move coal efficiently from the mine to the Blaenavon Ironworks, one mountain over, horses drew wagons along its tracks for only about 10 years. Spoil from local mines has not only covered the viaduct, but filled the valleys so completely that it is difficult to find any clues as to where to dig. Thousands of tons of earth are moved to find the top of the viaduct, 12 meters below the modern surface. It...