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All eight arches are semicircular, skewed and constructed with helical courses, crossing the Tweed obliquely with four of the piers in the water, and the whole structure is built on a graceful curve of radius 440 yards (400 m) so as to align the route with nearby Neidpath Tunnel, at the eastern end of the viaduct and to the south of Neidpath ...
Arthington Viaduct a.k.a. Wharfedale Viaduct: Arthington, West Yorkshire: 460 m (1,510 ft) 1849: Stone arch: II: 21 arches. Crosses the Wharfe valley. Carries the Leeds to Harrogate line. Also known as Castley Viaduct: Avonbank Viaduct: Whitecross, Falkirk: 105 m (344 ft) 1847: Stone arch: Cat B: Also known as Birkhill Viaduct.
The Nidd viaduct at the western end of the gorge, used to carry a railway between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge, Northallerton and Thirsk, and was closed in 1967. [1] It now carries the Nidderdale Greenway , a tarmac path that allows walkers, cyclists, and those in wheelchairs or mobility scooters to travel the 4 miles (6.4 km) between the ...
Google's (GOOG) navigation tool has returned to the iPhone, months after Apple's (AAPL) home-grown mapping service flopped, prompting user complaints, the firing of an executive and a public ...
The viaduct was completed in 1847, [2] and the first train crossed it in 1848. [4] The line closed in 1969, [5] but the viaduct was retained, and was grade II listed in 1987. [6] It is now crossed by the Nidderdale Greenway cycle route. [7] The viaduct is built of gritstone, and consists of seven round arches, three of them over the river.
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
In 2005, a study by the New Economics Foundation ranked Peebles as the best town in Scotland (second best in the UK, after Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire) for a range of independent shops and 'home town identity'. [20] The local health facility is Hay Lodge Hospital in Neidpath Road. [21]
Neidpath Castle is an L-plan rubble-built tower house, overlooking the River Tweed about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The castle is both a wedding venue and filming location and can be viewed by appointment.