Keekle Viaduct

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Keekle Viaduct
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Keekle Viaduct in 2005
Coordinates 54°31′57.0″N3°32′22″W / 54.532500°N 3.53944°W / 54.532500; -3.53944 (Keekle Viaduct) Coordinates: 54°31′57.0″N3°32′22″W / 54.532500°N 3.53944°W / 54.532500; -3.53944 (Keekle Viaduct)
CarriesEx-Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
Crosses River Keekle
Locale Keekle Terrace, Cumbria, England
Characteristics
Design7 stone arches [1] [2]
WidthTwin Standard Gauge Rail
History
Opened1 October 1879 [3]
Closed16 September 1963 [4]
Keekle Viaduct

Keekle Viaduct is a former railway viaduct near Keekle, Cumbria, England.

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The viaduct is a substantial structure which carried the double-track C&WJR's Cleator Moor West to Siddick Junction via Workington Central main line over the River Keekle. [5]

It is situated between the former stations of Cleator Moor West and Keekle Colliers' Platform.

Opened in 1879, it consists of seven equal stone arches across the river. [6] [7]

Timetabled passenger services over the viaduct ended on 13 April 1931. Goods and mineral trains, with very occasional passenger excursions and diversions continued to use the line until it closed completely on 16 September 1963.

The tracks were subsequently lifted. The structure was offered for sale for £1 in 1992, but there was no initial response, as any purchaser would have to maintain and repair it, rather than demolish it and recover the stone. [8]

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Modern Times

In 2013 satellite imagery showed that the viaduct still stood.

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