Bridge over Moorend Lane
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The photograph on this page of Bridge over Moorend Lane by Jonathan Thacker as part of the Geograph project.
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Bridge over Moorend Lane
Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 29 Sep 2017
This bridge once carried the Silkstone West to Wombwell Junction railway line. This was one of the steepest gradients on a British railway. The noise of four locomotives getting a loaded coal train up the bank to Penistone must have been terrific.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.53201
Longitude
-1.555513