What does steelwork mean?
Steelwork means (construction) All the steel components of a structure..
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(construction) All the steel components of a structure..
During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.
By February, foundations for the overhead wire supports had been dug and concreted from Colwich as far south as Polesworth and steelwork for the overhead structures themselves was being assembled at Hillmorton Sidings, near Rugby.
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Steelwork means (construction) All the steel components of a structure..
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During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.
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