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| Smardalegill Viaduct, Crosby Garrett | ||
| Smardalegill Viaduct | ||
| site name:- | South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway | |
| site name:- | Scandal Beck | |
| locality:- | Smardale Gill | |
| locality:- | Smardale | |
| civil parish:- | Crosby Garrett (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Waitby (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | railway viaduct | |
| locality type:- | viaduct | |
| coordinates:- | NY72690691 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7206 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY70 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series placename:- Smardale Gill Viaduct |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Smardale Gill Viaduct" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Smardalegill Viaduct |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SMARDALEGILL VIADUCT OVER SCANDAL BECK / / / CROSBY GARRETT / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73052 / NY7268706904" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Railway viaduct. Completed 1860 for South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway; Thomas Bouch engineer (?) , contractor Wrigg of Preston. Rough - hewn sandstone blocks with dressed arch soffits. 90ft high (mdx.) and c. 550ft long with 14 semi- circular arches, each spanning c.30 ft. Tapered piers; battered pilasters to abutments. Cornice carries parapet, c.2 ft high; track bed c.25 ft wide. Crosses parish boundary with WAITBY. Disused" |
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| hearsay:- |
The viaduct became unsafe and there were falls of masonry. Listed building consent
to demolish was refused on appeal after a public enquiry. Repair estimates were between
L150000 and L350000, demolition would be L66000 or L175000 if the stone were taken
away. A trust has taken responsibilty for it, and restored it. |
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| It has 14 arches, is 184 yards long, 90 feet high. Built by Sir Thomas Bouch, 1860-61. |
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