The viaduct, which has 43 arches, remains an important route for ... more than seven and a half million bricks went into the building of the viaduct. Wooden sleepers and piles were used to build ...

The Grade ll-listed structure incorporates 20 barrel vaulted arches, each with a span ... 17,000 cubic yards of masonry and 750,000 bricks. Thornton Viaduct stopped carrying passengers in 1955 ...