Dinting Viaduct | |
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 The central section as viewed from the A57; 2008 | |
| Coordinates | 53°26′51″N 1°58′21″W / 53.447554°N 1.972529°W |
| Carries | Glossop Line |
| Crosses | Dinting Vale; Glossop Brook; A57 |
| Locale | Glossop, Derbyshire, England |
| Other name(s) | Dinting Arches |
| Maintained by | Network Rail |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 1,200 feet (370 m) |
| Height | 119 feet (36 m) |
| Design life | 1842: Five laminated wooden arches atop stone piers 1859-60: Arches replaced with wrought-iron girders 1918-20: Seven additional supporting brick piers added |
| History | |
| Construction start | 5 March 1842 |
| Opened | 8 August 1844 |
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Dinting Viaduct (also known as Dinting Arches) is a 19th-century railway viaduct in Glossopdale in Derbyshire, England, that carries the Glossop Line over a valley at the village of Dinting. It crosses the Glossop Brook and the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield.
First opened in 1844 as part of the original Woodhead Line by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway (later the MSLR and GCR), the viaduct has been modified a number of times, most notably by the addition of seven brick strengthening piers in 1918–20. The viaduct comprises three sections: starting from the south end, there is a series of seven stone arches, each 50 feet (15 m) wide. The central section consists of five openings (later divided by strengthening piers). A further four stone arches take the railway to the northerly junction with the branch to Hadfield and into Dinting station.[1] It is of similar design to the shorter Broadbottom Viaduct[1] about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) west down the same line, which crosses the River Etherow at Broadbottom.
- ^ a b Johnson, E. M. (1996). Scenes from the Past 29: Woodhead Part One. Foxline. p. 105. ISBN 1870119436.