The Weardale Way passing beneath Victoria Viaduct
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Weardale Way passing beneath Victoria Viaduct by Tim Heaton as part of the Geograph project.
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The Weardale Way passing beneath Victoria Viaduct
Image: © Tim Heaton Taken: 18 May 2023
The railway viaduct was built in 1838, the year of Victoria's coronation, and was one of the largest bridges in Europe. It carried trains until 1991, since when it has been mothballed https://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/fatvic.html . Next to the path an unstable beech tree has been recently felled
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Image Location
Latitude
54.884592
Longitude
-1.502569