Ribblehead viaduct is just over the border from Cumbria into North Yorkshire and is undoubtedly the most impressive structure on the Settle-Carlisle Railway.
Designed by John Sydney Crossley (Chief Engineer of the Midland Railway),
the viaduct is the longest and third tallest structure on the Settle-Carlisle line.
The Viaduct has twenty-four magnificent arches that carry the railway line 104 ft above the moor.
Two thousand three hundred men (navvies) were involved in the construction of the viaduct and the nearby Blea Moor tunnel.
The navvies lived in shanty towns built in the area near the base of the viaduct.
This area is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Over 100 men died during the construction of the viaduct.
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