Ribblehead Viaduct, N. Yorkshire - Settle-Carlisle Railway -Dennis postcard 80s

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• Picture / Image:  The Ribblehead Viaduct, on the Settle to Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire
• Publisher:  Dennis (Y007075L)
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Ribblehead Viaduct is a railway viaduct across the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England, 28 miles (45 km) north west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south east of Kendal. The viaduct is a Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Ribblehead viaduct is 440 yards (400 m) long, and 104 feet (32 m) above the valley floor at its highest point.^[1] It is made up of twenty-four arches of 45 feet (14 m) span, with foundations 25 feet (7.6 m) deep. The north end of the viaduct is 13 feet (4.0 m) higher in elevation than the south end.^[2] 1.5 million bricks were used in the construction and some of the limestone blocks weighed 8 tons each.^[3]

It was designed by the engineer John Sydney Crossley. The first stone was laid on 12 October 1870 and the last in 1874.^[1] One thousand Navvies building the viaduct established shanty towns on the moors for themselves and their families.^[2] They named the towns after victories of the Crimean War, sarcastically for posh districts of London, and Biblical names. There were smallpox epidemics and deaths from industrial accidents; meaning that the church graveyard at Chapel-le-Dale had to be extended.^{[citation needed]} One hundred navvies were killed during the construction of the viaduct.^[2]

In 1964, several brand new cars being carried on a freight train that was crossing the viaduct were blown off the wagons they were being carried upon and landed on the ground by the viaduct.^[2]

It is the longest and most famous viaduct on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. Ribblehead railway station is located less than half a mile to the south of the viaduct. Just to the north of it is the Blea Moor Tunnel, the longest tunnel on the Settle-Carlisle Line.^[4] It is located near the foot of the mountain of Whernside. The viaduct is curved, and so may be seen by passengers on the train.

The Settle-Carlisle line is one of three north-south main lines; along with the West Coast Main Line through Penrith and the East Coast Main Line via Newcastle. British Rail attempted to close the line in the 1980s, citing the reason that the viaduct was unsafe and would be expensive to repair. A partial solution was to single the line across the viaduct in 1985, preventing two trains from crossing simultaneously. The closure proposals generated tremendous protest and were eventually retracted. The viaduct, along with the rest of the line, was repaired and maintained and there are no longer any plans to close it.

Two taller viaducts on the route are Smardale viaduct at 131 feet (40 m) high and near to Crosby Garrett, and Arten Gill at 117 feet (36 m).

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=yorkshire

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period=1945 - present

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