Crossing Thinhope Burn at Burnstones
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Description
"The road bridge is in the foreground with the railway viaduct behind. The viaduct was built with six arches, five of which had semi-circular skew spans of 30 feet (one blind) while the sixth, over the A689 road, had an elliptical span of 39 feet, skewed in the opposite direction. Although officially known on the Alston Branch Railway as Thinhope Burn Viaduct, it was known locally as Burnstones Bridge from the nearby hamlet and farm. The asymmetric design of the 37 foot high viaduct [[3386484]] was said to have been suggested by a passing gypsy or tramp just as the railway constructors were due to start work, although this seems unlikely. The railway bridge was opened in 1852. Beyond the railway viaduct, a much older route also crossed the burn here, probably via a ford, that of the Maiden Way Roman road, now partly followed by the Pennine Way National Trail." Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2015. -
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4363828
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
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Picture Taken: 2015-02-18 -
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