Knitsley
This long embankment, spanning a valley half way between Knitsley and Lanchester, is made of colliery slag and spent ballast. From the time of WWI this material was tipped here to replace a 700' wooden trestle viaduct. Since final closure in 1966 the Consett to Durham trackbed has been made a cycleway, here carried 70' above the Knitsley Burn below.
Location: Knitsley
Original line: Lanchester Valley Railway (North Eastern Railway)
Photographer: Mark Bartlett
Contact photographer: Mark Bartlett
Date: 27/11/2012
Image number: 45095
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