A visit to Ribblehead on the Carlisle-Settle railway.

 

    5th May 2011

 

  Ribblehead Station, with the carboniferous limestone mass of Whernside in the background
    
  Ribblehead Viaduct - 24 arches, 104 feet high, drop from north to south (R to L) 13feet.
 
     A cement train approaching the viaduct
 
     Cement train on viaduct
 
     The northern piers, showing the red bricks used for the underarches
 
   Detail of stone used for the viaduct construction - carboniferous limestone (left), gritstone (right)
   
  
   

 

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