Larpool Viaduct
Larpool Viaduct | |
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Coordinates | 54°28′28″N 0°37′06″W / 54.474500°N 0.618450°W |
Carries | Foot and cycle path, formerly single track railway line |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 305 yd (279 m) |
Height | 120 ft (37 m) |
No. of spans | 13 |
History | |
Opened | c. 1885 |
Statistics | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Designated | 4 December 1972 |
Reference no. | 1366577[1] |
Location | |
Larpool Viaduct, also known as the Esk Valley Viaduct is a 13 arch brick viaduct built to carry the
.History and description
The viaduct was constructed for the
The viaduct is a 13 arch structure, 305 yd (279 m) long, with the rail level reaching 120 ft (37 m) high. The foundations on land were excavated to the level of rock, and formed from slag based cement. The river foundations were excavated in brick lined wells. The river foundation excavations were complicated by large oak trees found embedded in the river, which required divers for manual removal.[5] Piers 5,7,8 and 9 had triple foundations, connected above the water level by two semicircular arches.[6] Three of the piers in the river are skewed so as not to deflect the tidal flow (the River Esk is tidal as far as Ruswarp upstream).[7][8]
The main arches are 55 to 65 ft (17 to 20 m) wide, and 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) high, made of bricks seven deep, 2 ft 9 in (0.84 m). The width between the parapets is 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) on straight sections.[9]
Services on the line ended in March 1965 as a result of the
The viaduct became grade II listed in 1972.
The viaduct is mentioned in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula:
The little river, the Esk, runs through a deep valley, which broadens out as it comes near the harbour. A great viaduct runs across, with high piers, through which the view seems somehow further away than it really is.
References
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Viaduct at Larpool (1366577)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ Fox 1886, pp. 303–4.
- ^ Fox 1886, p. 309.
- ^ Fox 1886, p. 311.
- ^ Fox 1886, pp. 304–5.
- ^ Fox 1886, pp. 306–7.
- ^ "Larpool Viaduct". Forgotten Relics of an Enterprising Age. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "River Esk (Yorkshire) Tideway Byelaw Report" (PDF). North York Moors. Environment Agency. p. 7. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Fox 1886, pp. 307–8.
- ^ a b Garrity, Stephen W. "THE REHABILITATION OF A VICTORIAN CLAY BRICK RAILWAY VIADUCT" (PDF). Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges.
- ^ "The Cinder Track". www.gatewaywhitby.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "Scarborough to Whitby railway (the 'Cinder Track')". www.northyorkmoors.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Stoker, Bram (1897). "6". Dracula. pp. 1–19. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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