Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Healey Dell Viaduct

From Graces Guide

in Healey Dell Nature Reserve in the Spodden Valley, near Whitworth on the outskirts of Rochdale in Greater Manchester.

It carried the Rochdale to Bacup Railway Line.

Construction started in 1867, and the viaduct was opened in 1870.

103 feet high above the river, with eight arches, each with a 78 ft span.

1967 Closed

It now carries the National Cycle Network, Regional Network Route 92.

See Wikipedia entry.

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