Crimple Valley Viaduct | |
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Evening Star crosses Crimple Viaduct
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Carries | Harrogate Line |
Crosses | Crimple Valley |
Locale | North Yorkshire |
Official name | Crimple Valley Viaduct |
Maintained by | Network Rail |
Heritage status | Grade II* listed |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 1,872 feet (571 m) |
Height | 110 feet (34 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1848 |
Coordinates: 53°58′22.79″N 1°31′0.07″W / 53.9729972°N 1.5166861°W
Crimple Valley Viaduct, also known as Crimple Viaduct and Crimple Beck Viaduct is a railway viaduct which crosses the Crimple Valley between Pannal railway station and Hornbeam Park railway station in North Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
It is 1,875 feet (572 m) long and has 31 arches, each of 52-foot (16 m) span, which reach a maximum height of 110 feet (34 m) above the Crimple Valley.
It was completed in 1848 to designs by George Hudson for the York and North Midland Railway company and built of rusticated grit stone ashlar. The contractor was James Bray.