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[edit]DescriptionGreta bridges - Bridge 9 - geograph.org.uk - 772270.jpg |
English: Greta bridges - Bridge 9. Between the former Keswick and Threlkeld stations, the disused Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway crossed the River Greta no fewer than 8 times in a distance of only 4 miles. All these bridges are of the bow-string girder construction, of various sizes and alignments. In addition, the same stretch saw it crossing the Greta's main feeder, the River Glenderamackin, although the bridge here is of a simpler design. This stretch of railway, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1972, has now been converted into a footpath/cycleway, so all the bridges are easily accessible. To view all the bridges, which for identification purposes I have numbered 1 to 9 in an upstream direction, see https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2583546. Also included in the series are the two viaducts by which the A66 crosses the Greta, and the interesting Threlkeld Bridge on the old A594.
As explained in 772269, Bridge 9 shouldn't strictly be in this series, since it is over the River Greta's main feeder, the River Glenderamackin. It is also different from the other railway bridges, not being of the bow-string girder design. Here it is looking upstream, with some of the houses of Threlkeld visible beneath the bridge, and Blencathra behind. The flat valley floor here is in sharp contrast to the gorge which the river is about to enter, in the guise of the River Greta. |
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Author | Ian Capper |
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Camera location | 54° 36′ 44″ N, 3° 03′ 36″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 54.612130; -3.060000 |
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Object location | 54° 36′ 45″ N, 3° 03′ 34″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 54.612500; -3.059400 |
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