Broadbottom Arches Railway Viaduct

Date:
2 Jul 2003
Location:
Broadbottom Arches Railway Viaduct, Broadbottom, Longdendale, Tameside, Greater Manchester
Reference:
IOE01/10155/09
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

LONGDENDALE BROADBOTTOM SJ 99 SE 7/46 Broadbottom Arches Railway Viaduct

G.V. II

Railway viaduct. 1842. Engineer C.B.Vignoles, Sheffield, Ashton-artier-Lyne & Manchester Railway. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings.

Total of 19 arches one of which is skew (No. 3). The semi- circular brick arches are supported on square piers with ashlar springing bands. The skew arch is in rock-faced stone and has rusticated voussoirs and square flanking projections. Arches 7 to 11 are widened to the south in engineering brick. The parapet wall has an ashlar band and coping.

Listing NGR: SJ9941693768

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1480 IOE Records taken by Patrick Norris; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Patrick Norris. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Norris, Patrick

Rights Holder: Norris, Patrick

Keywords

Stone, Ashlar, Brick, Victorian Railway Viaduct, Transport, Railway Transport Site, Viaduct