Crimple Valley Viaduct
Coordinates: 53°58′22.79″N 1°31′0.07″W / 53.9729972°N 1.5166861°W
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| Carries | Harrogate Line |
| Crosses | Crimple Valley |
| Locale | North Yorkshire |
| Official name | Crimple Valley Viaduct |
| Maintained by | Network Rail |
| Heritage status | Grade II* listed |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 1,872 feet (571 m) |
| Height | 110 feet (34 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1848[1] |
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Crimple Valley Viaduct, also known as Crimple Viaduct and Crimple Beck Viaduct is a railway viaduct which crosses the Crimple Valley between Pannal railway station and Hornbeam Park railway station in North Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed structure.[2]
It is 1,875 feet (572 m) long and has 31 arches, each of 52-foot (16 m) span,[3] which reach a maximum height of 110 feet (34 m) above the Crimple Valley.
It was completed in 1848[4] to designs by George Hudson for the York and North Midland Railway company and built of rusticated grit stone ashlar. The contractor was James Bray.[5]
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Details from image database (329858)". Images of England. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "Crimple Valley Viaduct (1189723)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ Lincolnshire Chronicle - Friday 11 June 1847
- ↑ Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: North East England, by K. Hoole. David St. John Thomas. David & Charles, 1965
- ↑ Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 16 September 1848
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