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Dandry Mire Viaduct

Dandry Mire Viaduct Dandry Mire Viaduct - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Dandry Mire Viaduct, (or Dandrymire Viaduct), is a railway viaduct on the Settle & Carlisle line in Cumbria, England. It is just north of Garsdale station, from , and south of . When the Settle & Carlisle line was being built, the traversing of Dandry Mire was to have been by use of an embankment, but the bog swallowed all of the material poured into it, so a trench was dug instead, and a viaduct constructed. The viaduct, which is long and high, is still open to traffic on the railway, and is a prominent landmark at the head of Garsdale. Read more on Wikipedia

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