Looking across Knitsley embankment in the direction of Lanchester in November 2012. This huge colliery spoil and spent ballast construction replaced a 700' long wooden trestle viaduct around the time of WWI. The Consett to Durham line finally closed completely around 1964 and is now one of a number of County Durham cycleways that follow old railway lines.

Location: Knitsley

Original line: Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway)

Photographer: Mark Bartlett

Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett

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Date: 27/11/2012

Image number: 45696

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