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Dent Head Viaduct

Location : Dent
Map - Ordnance Survey - SD 777845

10 arches, 100 ft high, 199 yards long.

Dent Head Viaduct was built between 1869 and 1875 for the Midland Railway Company. The viaduct is built from massive blocks of Dent marble and crosses over the quarry that produced it.

Dent Head Viaduct Photo by Jan Fialkowski

Dent Head Viaduct Photo by Jan Fialkowski

Dent Head Viaduct Photo by Jan Fialkowski

Dent Head Viaduct The tiny packhorse bridge beside the viaduct.

Dent Head Viaduct

Dent Station. Looking from Dent Station to Dent Head Viaduct

 

 

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