Snippet Detail
Figure 46 shows in two sections the track layout at Ormside based upon information from a Midland Road survey from 1912.
Plate 135 shows Ormside Viaduct - Bridge No 231 - where the railway crosses the river Eden for the first time. One of the ten piers of the viaduct stands in the river. The viaduct is 200 yards long and the third and seventh piers are reinforced and stand 90ft above the river. The viaduct is made up of stone abutments, piers and parapets with brick arches, with 45ft spans.