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| Crosby Garrett Viaduct, Crosby Garrett | ||
| Crosby Garrett Viaduct | ||
| site name:- | Settle and Carlisle Railway | |
| locality:- | Crosby Garrett | |
| civil parish:- | Crosby Garrett (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway viaduct | |
| locality type:- | viaduct | |
| coordinates:- | NY72700927 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7209 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |
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 BNM10.jpg (taken 30.3.2007)  BNM11.jpg (taken 30.3.2007) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Crosby Garrett Viaduct |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CROSBY GARRETT VIADUCT AT NT 727 093 / / / CROSBY GARRETT / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73051 / NY7270209286" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Railway Viaduct . 1875. J S Crossley, Engineer. Rock faced grey limestone rubble with brick soffits to the arches and much later brick patching. Six arches on battered piers with imposts and a continuous band at track level. Solid parapets, paired pilasters at either end of the structure. Constructed as part of the Settle- Carlisle line of the Midland Railway. Despite alterations it is included for its group value with the buildings of Crosby Garrett village." |
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 BXA06.jpg (taken 3.8.2012)  BXA08.jpg (taken 3.8.2012)  BXA07.jpg Skew brick under the stone arches. (taken 3.8.2012)  BNM12.jpg Skew brick under the stone arches. (taken 30.3.2007) |
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| hearsay:- |
6 arches, 55 feet high, 110 yards long. |
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| Built 1871. |
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