Scotswood Viaduct
What a grey day... View east along the Tyne at Scotswood on a wet Sunday morning in May 2006. The 700ft long Scotswood rail bridge crosses the river in the middle distance with the steel arch of the road bridge visible beyond. The rail bridge, the fourth on this site, dates from 1871. It once brought the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway from Blaydon into Newcastle via the north bank of the River Tyne. Closure took place in 1982. The bridge now carries water and gas mains. See image 9338 Just beyond the road bridge stood the Scotswood works of Armstrong Whitworth, where 1,464 locomotives were built between 1915 and 1937, including 327 Black 5s for the LMS.
Location: Scotswood Viaduct (former)
Original line: Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Photographer: John Furnevel
Contact photographer: John Furnevel
Date: 07/05/2006
Image number: 38015
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