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Railway bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale

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Latitude: 53.7081 / 53°42'29"N

Longitude: -1.897 / 1°53'49"W

OS Eastings: 406898

OS Northings: 423519

OS Grid: SE068235

Mapcode National: GBR HT6K.3H

Mapcode Global: WHB8N.T2W5

Plus Code: 9C5WP453+66

Entry Name: Railway bridge

Listing Date: 19 July 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1134539

English Heritage Legacy ID: 339209

ID on this website: 101134539

Location: Pye Nest, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX6

County: Calderdale

Electoral Ward/Division: Sowerby Bridge

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Norland

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 6 May 2021 to remove superfluous source details and reformat the text to current standards

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SOWERBY BRIDGE
FALL LANE
Railway Bridge

II
Railway bridge. c1840, parapet rebuilt. By George Stephenson. For the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. Rock-faced stone. The bridge rises to the southern bank. Three tall segmental arches with voussoirs aligned to courses. Stepped canted pilaster buttresses. Ashlar band and tooled cyma-section band below parapet which has flat ashlar coping and pyramidal capstones above buttresses. At south end parapet continues as ramped wall. At north end parapet continues as wall terminating in pier as buttresses. The first part of the Manchester to Leeds Railway was opened as far as Sowerby Bridge in 1840; the section to Leeds; was opened subsequently.

Listing NGR: SE0689823519

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