A visit to Ribblehead on the Carlisle-Settle railway.
5th May 2011
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| Ribblehead Station, with the carboniferous limestone mass of Whernside in the background |
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| Ribblehead Viaduct - 24 arches, 104 feet high, drop from north to south (R to L) 13feet. |
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| A cement train approaching the viaduct |
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| Cement train on viaduct |
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| The northern piers, showing the red bricks used for the underarches |
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| Detail of stone used for the viaduct construction - carboniferous limestone (left), gritstone (right) |