Ribblehead Viaduct

United Kingdom / England / High Bentham /
 Grade II* Listed (UK), viaduct (bridge construction style)
Railway viaduct. 1870-1874, J Crossley, Engineer. Rockfaced stone and brick. 24 segmental arches on battered piers some of which have been cased in concrete and others have iron straps. 104 feet high at highest point. The largest and most impressive of the viaducts of the Settle - Carlisle line of the Midland Railway. Known also as Batty Moss Viaduct. Grade II* Listed: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1132...

Info: www.visitcumbria.com/carlset/ribblehead-viaduct/

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4) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5748449
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribblehead_Viaduct
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Coordinates:   54°12'37"N   2°22'11"W

Comments

  • Restored by British Rail, who had tried exaggerating the cost of repairing it in their campaign to close the railway, which failed.
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