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Dentdale between 1760 and 1909. Both the viaducts that carry the Settle-Carlisle line over the dale are constructed from Dent Marble. The opening of the railway afforded the opportunity to export the marble out of the dale for the first time. The stone is not actually
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saw a waterwheel in action, supplying power to a marble quarry. It struck
Armstrong that much of the available power was being wasted and it inspired him to design a successful hydraulic engine which began the accumulation of his wealth and industrial empire.
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Yorkshire Dales to be
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There are over 200 listed buildings and structures in
Dentdale which include the railway viaducts, bridges, barns, farmhouse, mileposts and even telephone boxes. Only one structure is Grade I listed, that of the
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The famous Settle-Carlisle Line passes across the eastern edge of the dale being carried over the becks that feed the River Dee on Dent Head
Viaduct and over Artengill Beck on
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marble, it is a highly polished form of Black Limestone.
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685:"The Settle - Carlisle Line"
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48:. It is the valley of the
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16:Valley in Cumbria, England
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162:The walking route of the
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254:Dent Marble
129:Stone House
111:Settlements
1321:Categories
1291:54°16′41″N
1182:Wharfedale
1172:Waldendale
1147:Nidderdale
1142:Malhamdale
1137:Littondale
1082:Bishopdale
1072:Barbondale
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281:References
240:Ordovician
220:Dent Fault
178:Derbyshire
1294:2°27′14″W
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143:Transport
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80:in 1859.
50:River Dee
1256:See also
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1217:Ingleton
1162:Sleddale
1117:Garsdale
1112:Dentdale
1107:Deepdale
1092:Clapdale
1077:Birkdale
1062:Airedale
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232:Deepdale
224:Gawthrop
208:Sedbergh
201:Ingleton
117:Gawthrop
98:Ewecross
78:Enclosed
30:Dentdale
25:Dentdale
1222:Leyburn
1187:Widdale
1152:Raydale
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214:Geology
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71:History
60:on the
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