Dandry Mire Viaduct near Garsdale Head, Cumbria
N 54° 19.646 W 002° 19.206
30U E 544216 N 6020166
Dandry Mire or Moorcock Viaduct is a built of stone and consist of twelve arches. It is on the famous Settle and Carlisle Railway. The Settle and Carlisle railway was the Old Midland Railway's route to Scotland and called the Long Drag.
Waymark Code: WM4DVQ
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/10/2008
Views: 21
The Parliamentary Bill authorizing construction of the line received its Royal Assent on the 16th of July 1866. It took 10 long years before the line opened for passenger traffic on the 1st of May 1876. The conditions endured by the "Navvies" building the railway through some of the most inhospitable parts on North West England where horrendous. One of the main problems was the extremes of weather found in the area.
It was originally intended that an embankment would to be built at this location but because of considerable difficulties with advancing the embankment across the centre of the bog, a trench was cut to find a solid foundation, piers were built up and the viaduct constructed. Local limestone was used for construction of this viaduct.
Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Garsdale Head, Cumbria
Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Settle to Carlisle Railway
Water or other terrain spanned: Mire or Bog
Construction Date: Line opened on 1st of May 1876.
Architect/Builder: Not listed
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