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Description: | Bennerley Viaduct, constructed in 1878, carries the Great Northern Railway across the Erewash Valley between Awsworth and Cotmanhay (Derbyshire). It is 1,100 yards long and is constructed of cast iron. Being a trestle girder construction it is unique; it is known as a lattice girder bridge and is held together by rivets. The line it carried was originally London Rd Station via Basford North (Basford and Bulwell). Nottingham Victoria was built in 1899 and didn't link to that till then. After that trains using the Butterley viaduct ran to both stations. The viaduct still remains. The line was closed to passenger traffic in 1964 and to goods in 1967. The viaduct is now awaiting demolition. Two thirds of it are in Nottinghamshire and one third in Derbyshire. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Nixon, Frank | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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