Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Belah Viaduct | |
| other name:- | Stainmore Viaduct | |
| site name:- | South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway | |
| parish |
Kaber parish, once in
Westmorland
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| parish |
Stainmore parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| railway viaduct; viaduct | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY83801035, NY84021056 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY81
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| locality:- | Westmorland boundary | |
| locality:- | Cumberland boundary | |
| 1Km square | NY8310 | |
 Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / -- from the SW pier. -- 30.4.2010 | ||
 Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / -- SW pier. -- 30.4.2010 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Wmd 24 5)
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| Viaduct | ||
| the 6 inch sheet has | ||
| Belah Viaduct | ||
| placename:- | Belah Viaduct | |
| railway viaduct | ||
| date:- | 1860=1869 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1860s | |
| photographs | ||
| Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / -- 30.4.2010 | |
| Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / -- 30.4.2010 | |
| Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / -- View NE. -- 30.4.2010 | |
| Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / -- View SW. -- 30.4.2010 | |
| Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / -- 30.4.2010 | |
| Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / -- 30.4.2010 | |
| photographs | ||
| Belah Viaduct -- South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway -- Westmorland boundary -- Cumberland boundary -- Kaber and Stainmore -- Cumbria / | |
| hearsay |
196 feet high, the highest in England when it was built,
1859-60; 1040 feet long, 24 feet wide. There were 16 spans
of girder work on cast iron piers on stone bases. Designed
by Thomas Bouch. Demolished 1963.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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