Shannon Viaduct

The 150 megawatt West Offaly power station was supplied each year with around 1 million tons of peat from the bogs in the region around Shannonbridge. Adjacent to the power station the narrow gauge railway that brought in the peat crossed the River Shannon on this viaduct. The train is heading away from the power station and back to the bogs for another load.

All this has ended with the closure of the power station on December 11, 2020 after permission to continue burning peat was refused.