Hewenden Viaduct

Hewenden Viaduct

Hewenden Viaduct, situated near Cullingworth, West Yorkshire, England, stands at 123 feet (37 m) tall and spans 576 yards (527 m) with 17 arches each of 16.5 yards (15 m). The foundations of the viaduct had to be sunk more than 60 feet (18 m) into the earth because of the unstable ground below.[1]

The viaduct originally formed part of the Keighley and Thornton Branch of the Great Northern Railway and, together with the mile-long Lees Moor Tunnel, opened to passenger trains in 1883.[2]

It served as a railway viaduct along the Queensbury Lines and it now forms part of the Great Northern Railway Trail[3][4] for cyclists and walkers. It is a Grade II listed building.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Whitaker, Alan; Rapacz, Jan (2017). Great Northern Outpost volume 2; the Halifax, Thornton and Keighley Railway. Willowherb Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-9935678-1-0.
  2. ↑ "Local & District - Bradford". Leeds Times. 21 July 1883. Retrieved 5 January 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Great Northern Railway Trail, Cullingworth to Keighley" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Great Northern Railway Trail". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Hewenden Viaduct  (Grade II) (1199507)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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