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| Gilderdale Viaduct, Alston Moor | ||
| Gilderdale Viaduct | ||
| site name:- | Alston branch railway | |
| site name:- | South Tynedale Railway | |
| site name:- | Gilderdale Burn | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway viaduct | |
| locality type:- | viaduct | |
| locality type:- | boundary feature | |
| locality type:- | county boundary feature | |
| coordinates:- | NY70344865 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7048 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
| civil parish:- | Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh | |
| county:- | Northumberland | |
| current boundary | ||
| locality:- | Cumbria boundary | |
| SummaryText:- | bridge number 51 | |
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 CGL53.jpg (taken 1.9.2017)  BML74.jpg (taken 29.7.2006) |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Gilderdale Viaduct |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "GILDERDALE VIADUCT / / / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73067 / NY7033848649" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Viaduct, built for Alston branch line in 1852. By Sir George Barclay-Bruce. Coursed, squared rubble with flat copings to parapets; end piers have pyramidal caps. Elliptical centre arch has single, smaller, semicircular arch to either side; ashlar voussoirs with projecting keystones. Crosses county boundary with Northumberland." |
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 CGL47.jpg View N. (taken 1.9.2017)  CGL48.jpg View S. (taken 1.9.2017) |
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