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2 unusual facts about Kielder Viaduct


Kielder Viaduct

The railway company had hoped to tap the coal traffic from Plashetts colliery that opened in the 1850s but this proved disappointing, although there was some traffic from forestry in the area.

Kielder Viaduct consists of seven semi-circular masonry skew arches and was built in 1862 to carry the North British Railway across marshy land, which following flooding to create Kielder Water, became the place where Deadwater Burn joins Bakethin Reservoir.



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