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SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 260850Created on 27 Jan 2015. Plate 105 shows Ais Gill Viaduct (SCRCA Structure ref 260660) in the foreground but in the background on the left above the white freight wagon can be seen the former Hangman's Bridge. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 260660Created on 27 Jan 2015. Plate 104 is a context view of the east face of Ais Gill Viaduct viewed from the road below on 21 October 1984. Plate 105 is a 1963 image of Ais Gill Viaduct which is over 87 yard long with four arches. Each of the four stone-built spans is 45ft and stands 75ft above the valley floor. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259840Created on 27 Jan 2015. Plate 103 is a view from the south of the former Company cottages near Ais Gill in October 1984. The white painted terrace of 4 houses can be seen behind the semi-detached houses (SCRCA structure ref 259820). |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259820Created on 27 Jan 2015. Plate 103 is a view from the south of the former Company cottages near Ais Gill in October 1984. These are built with a continuous roofline instead of the small dormers to the upstairs rooms. The white painted terrace of 4 houses (SCRCA structure ref 259840) can be seen behind the semi-detached houses. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259800Created on 27 Jan 2015. Figure 36 is a diagram of the track layout at Ais Gill, based upon information from a Midland Railway survey of 1913 and an LMS survey of 1938. Plate 100 is a context view of the summit of the line at Ais Gill taken on 29 July 1965. The bridge is seen in the background. Plate 101 is a view from 1963 with the bridge in the background. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259740Created on 27 Jan 2015. Plate 102 is Ais Gill in May 1961. The nameboard on the left proclaims "Ais Gill Summit 1,169ft above sea level" but the Midland Railway map at the front of the book indicates 1,166ft. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259720Created on 27 Jan 2015. Figure 36 is a diagram of the track layout at Ais Gill, based upon information from a Midland Railway survey of 1913 and an LMS survey of 1938. Plate 100 is a context view of the summit of the line at Ais Gill taken on 29 July 1965. The lie by sidings were provided for the refuge of slower trains. Plate 101 is a view from 1963. The signal box was brought into use on 26 April 1890, replacing an earlier structure at a cost of £250 (W & W Committee Minute No 17517, 3/11/1889). It was a wood… Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259710Created on 27 Jan 2015. Figure 36 is a diagram of the track layout at Ais Gill, based upon information from a Midland Railway survey of 1913 and an LMS survey of 1938. Plate 100 is a context view of the summit of the line at Ais Gill taken on 29 July 1965. Plate 101 is a view from 1963. The signal box was brought into use on 26 April 1890, replacing an earlier structure at a cost of £250 (W & W Committee Minute No 17517, 3/11/1889). It was a wood construction, 16ft 6in x 11ft 6in x 8ft, contained a 16 lever… Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259690Created on 27 Jan 2015. Figure 36 is a diagram of the track layout at Ais Gill, based upon information from a Midland Railway survey of 1913 and an LMS survey of 1938. Plate 100 is a context view of the summit of the line at Ais Gill taken on 29 July 1965. The lie-by sidings were provided for the refuge of slower trains. The platelayers' hut is in front of the signal box. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259670Created on 27 Jan 2015. Figure 36 is a diagram of the track layout at Ais Gill, based upon information from a Midland Railway survey of 1913 and an LMS survey of 1938. Plate 100 is a context view of the summit of the line at Ais Gill taken on 29 July 1965. The lie-by sidings were provided for the refuge of slower trains. Plate 102 is Ais Gill in May 1961 with the buffers of the down lie-by siding in the foreground. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 259630Created on 27 Jan 2015. Figure 36 shows the track layout at Ais Gill based on information from a Midland Railway survey of 1913 and an LMS survey of1938. The culvert is towards the left on the diagram. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 258530Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 99 is a view of the northern opening of Shotlock tunnel. The southern opening of this 106yd long tunnel is clearly visible in this image. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 258470Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 97 shows the southern opening of Shotlock tunnel in 1938. The 106yd long tunnel was cut through boulder clay and took two years to construct. Stone was used throughout. (The need for a tunnel at this location can be questioned on examining the shallowness of the hillside through which the tunnel passes.) Plate 98 is a view from the east of the typical Midland Railway practice of providing surface water drainage from above the tunnel. Similar drainage is provided on the northern… Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 257890Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 96 is a view from the south east of Grisedale Crossing on 21 October 1984. Unique on the line is the plate-girder footbridge of 1936. This replaced a timber structure which was originally provided in 1886. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 257690Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 95 shows Lunds Viaduct looking north on 1 May 1966. The all-stone viaduct is 103yds long and stands 63ft above the valley. Each of the five arches has a span of 45ft. The platelayer's hut in the foreground does not appear on the SCRCA Project draft structure list. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 257650Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 94 shows the northen end of Moorcock tunnel (see SCRCA structure 257530) in the background and in the middle of the image the protective walls above Bridge 120 - Lunds. Plate 95 is an image looking north showing Lunds Viaduct - Bridge 121 (see SCRCA structure 257690) as the main structure. However also in the shot is Bridge 120 - Lunds under the first carriage behind the engine. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 257530Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 94 shows the northen end of the Moorcock Tunnel on 21 October 1984. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 257490Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 93 shows the southern end of Moorcock Tunnel on 15 May 1959. The comparatively short tunnel (only 98yds long) is constructed on a curve with stone side walls, wings and arch and was cut through clay. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 257270Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 91 shows the Moorcock Road Company houses, pictured in 1970. It is a row of six cottages built to house Company employees. Slates were added as protection to the gable end and front of the first cottage. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 257260Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 90 shows the Moorcock Road Bridge on 21 October 1984 from the west. This 39ft 6in skew arch bridge carries the railway over the Hawes to Sedbergh road. This is another example of the arch-relieved wing walls in this all-stone structure built in 1872. Plate 92 shows the bridge from the north west in May 1982. |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 257050Created on 22 Jan 2015. Plate 89 is a context view from the north east showing Dandrymire Viaduct, sometimes referred to as Moorcock Viaduct. Dandry Mire was the site of Moorcock Viaduct, which was created following problems encountered trying to produce the originally planned embankment. For months, earth was tipped, but sank into the moss. Finally in 1871 , the seat of the embankment was drained and a trench was cut into the peat to find solid bottom for the foundation of a viaduct. The resulting 227yd long… Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 254370Created on 20 Jan 2015. Plate 69 is a typical winter image from October 1963 looking north. In the foreground is Bridge 99 (see SCRCA structure 253890) in course of reconstruction. On the hill above the tunnel mouth the irregular outline of a spoil heap can be seen adjacent to a ventilating shaft (see SCRCA structure 254360 and 254370). |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 254360Created on 20 Jan 2015. Plate 69 is a typical winter image from October 1963 looking north. In the foreground is Bridge 99 (see SCRCA structure 253890) in course of reconstruction. On the hill above the tunnel mouth the irregular outline of a spoil heap can be seen adjacent to a ventilating shaft (see SCRCA structure 254360 and 254370). |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 255910Created on 20 Jan 2015. Plate 75 is an image taken on 28 July 1959 (through Bridge 108 - Metcalfe's - see SCRCA structure 255790) of the Garsdale water troughs. This is another of the comparatively few bridges constructed entirely of brick. Plate 76 is a view also from 28 July 1959 looking north from the top of the 43,000 gallon water tank serving the water troughs (see SCRCA structure 255900), which was installed in 1907. These were the highest troughs in Britain. The 1,670ft troughs held between 5,000 and 6,… Read more |