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| Armathwaite Viaduct, Hesket | ||
| Armathwaite Viaduct | ||
| site name:- | Settle and Carlisle Railway | |
| civil parish:- | Hesket (formerly Cumberland) | |
| civil parish:- | Lazonby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway viaduct | |
| locality type:- | viaduct | |
| coordinates:- | NY49974515 | |
| coordinates:- | NY49974527 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4945 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY44 | |
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 BNI26.jpg (taken 9.3.2007)  Click to enlarge BNI27.jpg (taken 9.3.2007) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Armathwaite Viaduct |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ARMATHWAITE VIADUCT / / / HESKET / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73868 / NY4996645239" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ARMATHWAITE VIADUCT AT NGR NY 499 452 / / / LAZONBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74312 / NY4996745218" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Railway viaduct. 1875 by J.S. Crossley engineer for the Settle-Carlisle line of the Midland Railway. Rock-faced red sandstone masonry with brick soffits to the arches. Nine arches of 45' span on battered piers with imposts and continuous band at track level. Solid parapet. In unaltered condition and very attractively sited." |
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 BNI28.jpg (taken 9.3.2007) |
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| hearsay:- |
9 arches, 80 feet high, 176 yards long. |
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| Built 1871-74. |
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