Monument record 2267/1/52 - 19th Century Railway Viaduct

Viaduct across valley of river Dane, river Weaver and the Weaver Navigation. Fifty arch, 1040 yards (950 metres) long (1) and made of red sandstone, blue brick and iron: 12 round arches west of Weaver Navigation, one round arch between Navigation and River Weaver and 35 east of it, including a skew arch over London Road and a wider arch over River Dane. Iron girders with cambered tops span the Navigation and the River Weaver. Rock- faced rusticated stonework to both elevations; tooled intrados to voussoirs; brick lining to arches; plain imposts; recessed stone copings on plain projecting bands; plain pilasters and dentils at imposts to iron spans. Height of viaduct above water level circa 12 metres. (2) Serves Cheshire Lines Committee's Northwich - Chester Railway, opened 1869. (3) The viaduct is Grade II Listed. (2)

<1> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, /33 (Book). SCH3181.

<2> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Report). SCH1934.

<3> Sylvester D, 1971, A History of Cheshire with Maps and Pictures, /58-61 (Book). SCH70.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1995-2017, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 Scale Map, Sheet SJ67SE 1973 (Maps and Plans). SCH2427.