A view of the viaduct stretching out behind the town of Yarm and Yarm Bridge which links Yarm to Eaglescliffe on the north bank of the River Tees (built in 1400 by Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham) can also be seen. Photograph taken in March 1992.
Picture Stockton Archive
A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
Magnificent picture.. Wasn’t there a serious risk in the Beeching era that this could have been demolished along with other useful links between Stockton and Durham.
Is there a speed restriction on the viaduct because it has partially subsided at one point?
While the works of Bishop Skirlaw are indeed imposing (he did have a stone bridge built over the Tees, which still stands) he was not responsible for the half-mile-long railway viaduct shown in the photograph. This was built in 1850.
The text accompanying the photograph refers to the stone bridge that can be seen on the bottom right, just under the viaduct.
1949-1952