Difference between revisions of "Wetheral Viaduct"
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[[image:JD 2022 06 Wetheral 5.jpg|thumb|2022. Downstream side. Note pedestrian walkway]] | |||
[[image:JD 2022 06 Wetheral 6.jpg|thumb|This hints at the fine quality of the 1830s masonry]] | |||
[[image:JD 2022 06 Wetheral 4.jpg|thumb|Showing cast iron brackets for cantilevered walkway]] | |||
[[image:JD 2022 06 Wetheral 1.jpg|thumb|1851 walkway]] | |||
[[image:JD 2022 06 Wetheral 2.jpg|thumb|Cast iron plate recording P. Tate as the engineer and C. D. Richardson as the contractor]] | |||
[[image:JD 2022 06 Wetheral 3.jpg|thumb|N.E.R. Passenger bridge at Wetheral Station]] | |||
at Wetheral, near Carlisle. | at Wetheral, near Carlisle. | ||
Also known as Corby Bridge (not the same as Corby Beck Viaduct). It was built by the [[Newcastle and Carlisle Railway]] to cross the river Eden. | 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. | 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 | 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. | ||
See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corby_Bridge Wikipedia] | See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corby_Bridge Wikipedia] | ||
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[[Category: Town - Carlisle]] | [[Category: Town - Carlisle]] | ||
[[Category: Bridges and Viaducts]] | [[Category: Bridges and Viaducts]] | ||
[[Category: Masonry Viaducts]] | |||
[[Category: Things to do - Cumbria]] | [[Category: Things to do - Cumbria]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:41, 24 June 2022
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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