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Ribblehead Viaduct

The Ribblehead Viaduct is a 19th‑century railway viaduct on the Settle–Carlisle line in North Yorkshire, England, carrying a single track across Batty Moss. Completed in the 1870s of limestone-faced piers and red‑brick arches, it has 24 spans and stands above exposed moorland near Ribblehead station and Blea Moor Tunnel. The structure and the surrounding remains of the construction camps are protected as listed and scheduled monuments.

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Its prime

1876

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1876

What Ribblehead Viaduct looked like in its prime.

A long, curving masonry viaduct of 24 near‑semicircular arches (each ~45 ft span) faced in pale limestone with red‑brick arch rings and stone voussoirs. Tapered piers, some noticeably thicker every sixth bay, rise from a shallow valley; sleeper walls and solid stone parapets run along the deck, which carried a single pair of tracks. The whole 400 m curve sits on windswept heather moorland beneath the looming outline of nearby fells.

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8 places to explore in 1876.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Ribblehead Viaduct, the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

South approach from Ribblehead stationFull elevation view from distant hillValley floor looking up through central archesOn the deck looking along the single trackClose-up of a tapered pier and archNorth approach toward Blea Moor TunnelRemains of the navvy camps (Batty Wife Hole area)View toward Chapel‑le‑Dale graveyard and memorial

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