Description

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SJ 8990
SW 3/32

VIADUCT STREET
Stockport Railway Viaduct

(Formerly listed as Railway Viaduct, Stockport)

II*

Railway viaduct opened 1840 by GW Buck for Manchester and Birmingham Railway in brick and stone. 28 arches (three spans at either end of 18ft, 22 spans between of 63ft), more than a mile long (1791 yards), and 111ft high above the river. Said to contain 11 million bricks, viaduct in brick with stone capping and dentil cornice. Stone moulded impost bands and rusticated faces to piers. Took 21 months to build, at a cost of £72,700. Widened to the west 1888 to 1889.

Listing NGR: SJ8910590246

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Stockport Viaduct at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7618175

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  For the Record