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Wharfedale Viaduct

A Grade II Listed Building in Castley, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9058 / 53°54'20"N

Longitude: -1.6005 / 1°36'1"W

OS Eastings: 426346

OS Northings: 445587

OS Grid: SE263455

Mapcode National: GBR KR88.9M

Mapcode Global: WHC8Z.D332

Plus Code: 9C5WW94X+8R

Entry Name: Wharfedale Viaduct

Listing Date: 22 February 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1150036

English Heritage Legacy ID: 330469

Also known as: Castley Viaduct

ID on this website: 101150036

Location: Castley, North Yorkshire, LS21

County: North Yorkshire

District: Harrogate

Civil Parish: Castley

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Leathley St Oswald

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description


SE 24 NE CASTLEY Wharfedale Viaduct

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- II


Viaduct. Completed 1849. Engineer, Thomas Grainger.
21 round arches, with roll moulding at springer level and voussoirs.
Parapet has roll moulding and stepped end-blocks at the point where it meets
the embankment. This viaduct over the river Wharfe was the work of the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company, which became the Leeds Northern Railway in
1851. B Jennings (ed), A History of Harrogate and Knaresborough,
Huddersfield, 1970.


Listing NGR: SE2634645587

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