Lesbury Viaduct

  • Description

    Railway viaduct, 1848/9 by Robert Stephenson for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Rock-faced stone with rock-faced-and-margined voussoirs, ashlar dressings and brick soffits. 18 segmental arches. All piers have chamfered plinths and stepped imposts. 2 rivet piers have bowed cutwaters with stepped domed tops. Broad end pilasters; moulded top cornice. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1041800" >list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1041800 (I think they mean "river piers")
  • Owner

    Pete Reed
  • Source

    Flickr (Flickr)
  • License

    What does this mean? Attribution-NonCommercial License
  • Further information

    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/69959962@N00/9555249013/
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 3 months ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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