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Plate 134:  Planning a masonry viaduct, Part 4
(This plate added OCT 2003)

In this view, the two original 1/12-scale concept models are posing in front of the cartoon of the proposed masonry viaduct. The concept models are each being viewed from their north faces, with their masonry viaducts on the far side of each model.  The concept models are correctly aligned with the actual layout.

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The numbers of arches in the viaducts of the two concept models differ from each other, and they both differ from the full-size cartoon.  In the original concept model, on the right, a viaduct with six arches can be seen.  In the second concept model, on the left, the viaduct had five arches.  These both differ from the full-size cartoon, which has eight arches. The little orange structure with the green roof at the extreme left is a model of a canal warehouse based upon a design by Thomas Telford (see Plate 51).

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