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    Larpool Viaduct, also known as the Esk Valley Viaduct, is a 13-arch brick viaduct built to carry the Scarborough & Whitby Railway over the River Esk,...
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    built in the 17th century), the Bowstring road bridge at Ruswarp, Larpool Viaduct between Ruswarp and Whitby, the A171 road bridge and the swing bridge...
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    bridge, footbridge and barge lock. Larpool Viaduct near Whitby is a repurposed railway viaduct (footbridge), the viaduct was affected by the Beeching cuts...
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    more commonly known as Larpool Viaduct. Another viaduct over the River Esk north of Carlisle is sometimes referred to as Esk Viaduct, which was the name...
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    Middlesbrough Union Railway towards Staithes and Loftus, and south across the Larpool Viaduct towards Scarborough. The Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway...
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    Eastern Railway between 1854 and 1888. The viaduct is the model for the later built (and longer) Larpool Viaduct in Whitby, however, it was found necessary...
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    in the construction was a large 13-arch brick viaduct over the River Esk near Whitby (see Larpool Viaduct). The company needed further acts allowing it...
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    The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway across Batty Moss in the Ribble Valley at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire...
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    This is a list of viaducts and significant bridges of the United Kingdom's railways, past and present. Category:Railway bridges in the United Kingdom List...
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    second line from the south was opened which spanned the River Esk over Larpool Viaduct. This line was the Scarborough and Whitby Railway and meant that trains...
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    Whitby Bog Hall Junction Larpool Viaduct Ruswarp Ruswarp Level Crossing Sleights Grosmont Grosmont Level Crossing Grosmont Tunnel ( ) Deviation Junction...
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    Penistone Viaduct is a grade II listed railway viaduct that carries the Penistone Line over the River Don in Penistone, South Yorkshire, England. It is...
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    Arthington Viaduct, also known as Castley Viaduct or the Wharfedale Viaduct, is a railway bridge on the border of West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire in...
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    route and was built in 1885. It required construction of the red brick Larpool Viaduct across the Esk Valley into Whitby. The line closed as a result of the...
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    Thornton Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in Thornton, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in northern England. It opened in 1878, having been...
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    was undertaken further upriver than the port, around the area where Larpool Viaduct now stands. The waste from the blubber to oil process, known locally...
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    NZ092894) is thought to be evidence of a ford across the river from Ruswarp to Larpool Lane. The river was altered to take a sharp meander out of its course when...
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    The Cinder Track. The terrain is mostly off-road and passes over the Larpool Viaduct. The route is disconnected between Whitby and Staithes. The North York...
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    The Nidd Viaduct, also known as the Bilton Viaduct, is a former railway bridge in Bilton (just north of Harrogate), a village in North Yorkshire, northern...
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    Staithes Viaduct was a railway bridge that straddled Staithes Beck at Staithes, Yorkshire, England. It was north of the closed Staithes railway station...
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    and poor quality of the construction on many of its original bridges and viaducts. The line was closed to passengers in May 1958, but the northern section...
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    product out via a railway line involved crossing the River Esk at Larpool Viaduct, and then along the Esk Valley Line via two reversals in Whitby to...
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    Crimple Valley Viaduct, also known as Crimple Viaduct and Crimple Beck Viaduct is a railway viaduct which crosses the Crimple Valley between Pannal railway...
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    Esk near to Larpool Viaduct. They took over Whitehall yard in 1851. In 1840, the twenty-one year old Thomas Turnbull leased a yard at Larpool Wood that...
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    you happen across another viewpoint which looks north east across to Larpool Viaduct and Whitby. From here downhill is the steep 1 in 5 (20% gradient) of...
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    Kirkstall Road Viaduct is a Grade II listed railway viaduct carrying the Harrogate line over the A65 Kirkstall Road, the River Aire, and the Leeds and...
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    Lockwood Viaduct is a stone railway bridge that carries the Huddersfield to Penistone Line across the River Holme, in West Yorkshire, England. The viaduct is...
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    Loftus), and also to the Scarborough line, which went south across Larpool Viaduct. It first saw traffic in December 1883, but did not open as a junction...
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    Croft Viaduct is a railway bridge carrying the East Coast Main Line between Northallerton and Darlington in Northern England. The viaduct crosses the...
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    Wicker Arches (category Railway viaducts in South Yorkshire)
    Wicker Arches form a 660-yard (600 m) long railway viaduct across the Don Valley in the City of Sheffield, England. They take their name from the thoroughfare...
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