Wetheral Viaduct

2022. Downstream side. Note pedestrian walkway

This hints at the fine quality of the 1830s masonry

Showing cast iron brackets for cantilevered walkway

1851 walkway

Cast iron plate recording P. Tate as the engineer and C. D. Richardson as the contractor

N.E.R. Passenger bridge at Wetheral Station

at Wetheral, near Carlisle.

Also known as Eden Viaduct or Corby Bridge (not the same as the nearby Corby Beck Viaduct). It was built by the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to cross the river Eden.

Begun in 1830, completed in 1834.

660 feet (200 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) high. Five 89 feet (27 m) spans faced with red sandstone.

It still carries the double-track Tyne Valley Line. In 1851 a footway designed by Peter Tate was added, cantilevered from the north face, providing pedestrian access between Wetheral Station and Great Corby.

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