Mosedale Viaduct, CKPR, Cumbria
N 54° 37.438 W 003° 00.079
30U E 499914 N 6052948
Mosedale Viaduct took the CKPR across Mosedale Beck. Initially built as a single line, it was doubled in 1900. The double track has been lifted. Not used.
Waymark Code: WM6BMA
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/09/2009
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Moseale viaduct is a stone viaduct which has 30 arches, each with a Span of 12 feet and a total length of 404 feet. The viaduct was constructed to carry a single track but was extended northwards in 1900 when this section of line was doubled. The trackbed rises on a 1 in 62 gradient towards Penrith.
Since the structure was widened, three of the piers have been reinforced in concrete.
Despite being earmarked for closure in Beeching’s 1963 report, the Penrith-Keswick passenger service survived until 1972.
In 1997, the BR Property Board agreed not to move forward with proposals to demolish Mosedale Viaduct. A proposal to reinstate the line as far as Keswick is being proposed.
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Geograph photo showing widening in 1900 (
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