POD GILL VIADUCT - List Entry

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"Railway Viaduct. Built in 1861, widened 1889, for the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway (North-Eastern Railway) to span the valley of the Ladthwaite Beck. Engineer Thomas Bouch, contractors Chambers and Hilton. Opened as a single line structure in August 1861, and doubled in width in 1889. Constructed of snecked and coursed squared rubble sandstone, with rusticated voussoirs and finely jointed ashlar soffits. The south-east line is of larger block than the north-west. A straight viaduct, 466 feet in length, and incorporating 11 semi-circular headed arches, each 30 feet wide. The Viaduct is 84 feet high at its tallest point...."
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1243976
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