Copley Viaduct, West Yorkshire (2014)
The 21 arch Copley Viaduct crossers the valley connecting Halifax with Sowerby Bridge and beyond by rail. Although railways came to Calderdale in 1841 Halifax was not connected to the rail network until a single track branch line was built from Greetland to Shaw Syke in 1844. This made trains for Manchester indirect and in 1852 this was addressed by the completion of the Copley Viaduct which was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and designed by Sir John Hawkshaw.
The viaduct carries the railway across the valley bottom including the River Calder, Calder & Hebble Navigation as well as the A6026 Wakefield Road. The viaduct was granted Grade II listed status on the 19 July 1988.
The pictures below were taken on various dates in 2014 with a Polaroid is2132 bridge camera. They can also be seen on Clickasnap.
Where the following short video show a train crossing the viaduct at approx. 3 minutes 30seconds in.
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