Digswell, The Viaduct c.1960
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The 1560ft-long Welwyn viaduct at Digswell carries the London to Peterborough railway 100ft above the River Mimram a mile or so north of Welwyn Garden City. Opened on Monday 6 August 1850, the 40 semi-circular arches are built from sixteen million locally made bricks capped with Hexham stone blocks; the cost was £80,000. It was the third largest viaduct in Great Britain - only Stockport and Congleton were larger. A year after its opening, on 28 August 1851, Queen Victoria's Royal Train crossed the viaduct as it took the royal family to Balmoral Castle.
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