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| Waverley Viaduct, Carlisle | ||
| Waverley Viaduct | ||
| site name:- | Border Union Railway | |
| site name:- | Eden, River | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| civil parish:- | Kingmoor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway bridge | |
| coordinates:- | NY38315651 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3856 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Waverley Viaduct placename:- Canal Viaduct |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WAVERLEY VIADUCT, WEST OF THE FORMER ELECTRICITY WORKS / / WILLOW HOLME / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 386927 / NY3832556501" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Also known as: Waverly Viaduct Newtown." "Disused railway viaduct for the former Carlisle to Edinburgh line. 1861 for the North British Railway Company. Quarry-faced red sandstone blocks with brick arches. Double-track width of 6 spans crossing the River Eden on a slight curve. Each arch is segmental on rounded piers with quarry-faced voussoirs. Arch soffits are of brick. Moulded string course and solid parapet with chamfered coping; parts of the parapet have stones missing through vandalism. Concern was expressed in the Carlisle Journal 15 January 1861 that the wooden bridge, constructed to carry a tramway for the building of this bridge, would be damaged by ice floes on the river. The line was completed in April 1862. Waverley Viaduct is partly in Kingmoor CP. In Peter Brook (1990) this is called the Canal Viaduct. (Carlisle Journal: 15 January 1861; Carlisle Journal: 1 April 1862; Brook, Peter: Calling Carlisle Control: 1990-: P.80-81)." |
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