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Harringworth Viaduct
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Just four of the 82 arches of theHarringworth Viaduct Harringworth Viaduct.
A GWR Hall heads for Oakham
Harringworth Viaduct
Without doubt the the biggest piece of work needed when the line was made from Kettering to Manton junction near Oakham was the Harringworth Viaduct. This is one of the longest masonry viaducts in the UK.
Harringworth Viaduct some times called Seaton Viaduct or even the Viaduct.
The viaduct has 82 arches each of which has a 40ft span. It is 1,275 yards long
Harringworth Viaduct was built between 1877 and 1899 by the Midland Railway and needed over 20 million bricks in its construction.
Harringworth Viaduct crosses the valley of the River Welland between the village of Harringworth which is in Northamptonshire and the village of Seaton which had a railway station, and is in Rutland
Harringworth Viaduct
This is only about 40 of the 82 arches the horse in the field, giving some idear of the size of this viaduct.
This railway line leaves the Leicester to Peterborough line at Manton junction
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Corby station in 2020
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Kettering station in 2020
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