- Source: Nidd Viaduct
The Nidd Viaduct, also known as the Bilton Viaduct, is a former railway viaduct in Bilton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
In 1845, the Leeds and Thirsk Railway received permission to construct a line north from Leeds Wellington railway station to Thirsk railway station. At Bilton, the line had to cross the Nidd Gorge, and work on a viaduct started in 1846, designed by John Cass Birkinshaw. It was constructed of gritstone slabs quarried from the side of the gorge. The viaduct was completed in 1847, and the first train crossed it in 1848. The line closed in 1969, but the viaduct was retained, and was grade II listed in 1987. It is now crossed by the Nidderdale Greenway cycle route.
The viaduct is built of gritstone, and consists of seven round arches, three of them over the river. The piers have plinths and rusticated quoins. The arches have massive voussoirs, and there are moulded bands at impost and track levels. The parapet has flat moulding, and the end piers have projecting coping. The viaduct is 104 feet (32 m) high, and 448 feet (137 m) long.
See also
Listed buildings in Harrogate (Killinghall Ward)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Viaduk
- Nidd Viaduct
- Knaresborough Viaduct
- Nidd Gorge
- Nidderdale Greenway
- Listed buildings in Harrogate (Killinghall Ward)
- River Nidd
- Ribblehead Viaduct
- Knaresborough
- Nidd Aqueduct
- List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom
