Old railway bridge abutment
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Old railway bridge abutment
Image: © Alan Walker Taken: 3 Jul 2018
This abutment is all that remains of a bridge that once carried the Leen Valley Extension Railway over Image The Leen Valley Extension Railway was built by the Great Northern Railway to provide the company with access to the coal workings in the area. The railway ran from Kirkby South Junction to Langwith Junction. Reference:- https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=316103 . An OS map dated 1937-61 from the National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15&lat=53.1853&lon=-1.2347&layers=10&right=osm shows the point at which the railway crossed Forge Lane. Today the old track-bed provides the basis for the Image, including a branch line that ran to the Silverhill and Teversal collieries and now forms the Image *** See also these photographs by Chris Morgan:- Image, James Hill:- Image and John Slater:- Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.18495
Longitude
-1.235272