Portal:Trains/Selected picture/Week 48, 2009

Under the Ouse Valley Viaduct
Under the Ouse Valley Viaduct

Built in 1841 using 11 million bricks, the Ouse Valley Viaduct over the River Ouse on the London-Brighton Railway Line is 1,475 feet (450 m) long, 96 feet (29 m) high and is carried on 37 semi-circular arches with pierced piers. This photograph shows the view through the pierced piers along the length of the viaduct.

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