Dent Head Viaduct. Settle to Carlisle railway.

            Built between 1869-1875 for the Midland Railway Company.
It was constructed of Dent marble and has 10 arches is 100 feet high and 199 yards long.
Situated in Cumbria in the National park "Yorkshire Dales".

In the distance you can follow the railway lines across the hillside and make out Dent railway station (between Bleak's Moor tunnel (south) and Rise Hill tunnel to the north), this Grade II listed station is the highest operational Network rail station in  England at 1150 feet above sea level.
Taken before Covid 19 during one of my Flying Scotsman adventures.
   

Taken on: August 20, 2017

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