Leeds to Sheffield Railway Bridge Over The Calder And Hebble Navigation - Calder Grove, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 38.985 W 001° 32.477
30U E 596415 N 5945542
This railway bridge carries the Leeds to Sheffield via Castleford railway over the Calder and Hebble Navigation.
Waymark Code: WM17BZX
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/23/2023
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"The railway line was originally the Horbury (Wakefield) to Barnsley section of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway.
This section opened on 31 December 1849 and was leased to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for operation of the trains. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway subsequently purchased the line in 1858.
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It is now the Leeds to Sheffield via Castleford line which has trains running hourly operated by Northern Trains. The nearest station to the north east is Wakefield Kirgate and to the south west is Darton.
The bridge was originally built as a single brick arch bridge that crossed both the Navigation and the towpath on the north side. On the south side of the bridge there is a small narrow arch to allow pedestrians through the buttress of the bridge.
At some point the railway line was widened and a section of girder bridge added to the west side of the main arch.
The Calder and Hebble Navigation
The Calder and Hebble Navigation completed in 1770 consisted of artificial improvements to the River Calder and River Hebble to allow canal boats use what used to be un-navigable rivers.
It ran for 21 miles from the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge, was one of the first navigable waterways into the Pennines. It was an extension westwards of the Aire and Calder Navigation.
From the point of view of the railway company this is bridge CHS/4.
From the point of view of the Calder and Hebble Navigation this is bridge 42.