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Willington Dene Viaduct
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Willem VS
July 31, 2025
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The Willington Dene Viaduct is a historic railway viaduct in Wallsend. It was built between 1837 and 1839. Originally, it consisted of seven wooden arches, constructed using the Wiebeking system of laminated timber—an innovative technique at the time. In 1869, these were replaced by wrought iron arches, retaining the original design. The viaduct is 319 metres long and 25 metres high, and spans the valley of the Wallsend Burn with seven segmental arches. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1986 and is still used by the Tyne and Wear Metro.
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•Neil
April 18, 2021
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Its easy to whizz past since your travelling down or going up a hill, stop and see if the river is high or down, this will tell you how the tide is doing at the coast.
steve
August 25, 2021
Cycling
Impressive bridge from below. you can find it along Hadrian's way.
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