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Durham Viaduct

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The viaduct is 790 feet (240 m) long, and 100 feet (30 m) tall, and consists of eleven arches. It is made from
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to the north, in 1868, and from Durham to Tursdale Junction and
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Index


grade II* listed
viaduct
Durham
County Durham
North East England
East Coast Main Line
Durham railway station
sandstone
ashlar
soffits
1857
Thomas Elliot Harrison
North Eastern Railway
Durham to Bishop Auckland Line
Gateshead
Darlington
ISBN
978-0-9549866-8-1


Historic England
"Railway viaduct (1322851)"
National Heritage List for England
"Durham"
54°46′40″N 1°35′02″W / 54.777908°N 1.583973°W / 54.777908; -1.583973
Categories
Buildings and structures in Durham, England
Grade II* listed buildings in County Durham
Railway viaducts in County Durham

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