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The viaduct, built by the Midland Railway, is 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south-east of Kendal. It is a Grade II* listed structure. [ 1 ] Ribblehead Viaduct is the longest and the third tallest structure on the Settle–Carlisle line.
Even so, the terrain imposed a 16-mile (26 km) climb from Settle to Blea Moor, almost all of it at 1 in 100, and known to enginemen as "the long drag". The line required 14 tunnels and 22 viaducts; the most notable is the 24-arch Ribblehead Viaduct which is 104 ft (32 m) high and 440 yards (402 m) long. The swampy ground meant that the piers ...
Also known as Castley Viaduct: Avonbank Viaduct: Whitecross, Falkirk: 105 m (344 ft) 1847: Stone arch: Cat B: Also known as Birkhill Viaduct. Carries the heritage Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway over the River Avon. Avon Bridge: Bristol: 1839: I: Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Balcombe Viaduct a.k.a. Ouse Valley Viaduct: Balcombe, West Sussex ...
Ribblehead is the area of moorland at the head of the River Ribble in the area known as Ribblesdale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England. Ribblehead is most notable for Ribblehead railway station and Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle railway .
Some industrial structures have become landmarks in their own right. The Ribblehead Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway across the Ribble Valley in North Yorkshire. It was built by the Midland Railway to a design by John Sydney Crossley, opening in 1876. Faced with limestone and with almost semicircular red brick arches, it is 440 ...
The station, situated 52 miles 17 chains (84 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the area of Ribblehead in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. The station is located at the southern end of the Ribblehead Viaduct, which spans a length of 400 metres (1,300 ft) over Batty Moss.
A stone bridge was built in the early 1400s, possibly just west of the present Walton Bridge which was completed in 1781. Until 1755 this was the only bridge over the Ribble at Preston. [ 19 ] The original attempt to build a bridge directly to Penwortham was completed in 1755, only to collapse the following year.
Blea Moor Tunnel is a (1.494 mi, 2.404 km) railway tunnel located between Ribblehead Viaduct and Dent railway station in England. It is the longest tunnel on the Settle-Carlisle Line , being almost twice as long as the second longest tunnel, Rise Hill Tunnel .