Time Team S8E5 — The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, Torfaen

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Time Team•Season 8•Episode 5

The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, Torfaen

8.1/10 · 29 votesFeb 4, 200150 min

Ranked #6 of 13 in Season 8•+0.1 vs season avg

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

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Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson

Self - Presenter

Carenza Lewis

Carenza Lewis

Self - Field Archaeologist

Phil Harding

Phil Harding

Self - Field Archaeologist

John Gater

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Self - Geophysicist

Stewart Ainsworth

Stewart Ainsworth

Self - Landscape Investigator

Mick Aston

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Self - Landscape Archaeologist

Victor Ambrus

Victor Ambrus

Self - Historical Illustrator

Robin Bush

Robin Bush

Self - Historian

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Episode Summary

"The Lost Viaduct - Blaenavon, Torfaen" is episode 5 of Time Team season 8. It scored 8.1/10 from 29 votes, ranking #6 of 13 episodes this season (season average 8.0). It aired on February 4, 2001.

Next: E6 · A Palace Sold for Scrap - Rycote, Thame, Oxfordshire Best of Season 8