On this day in 1953, 72 years ago, a hidden construction shaft in Clifton Hall Tunnel broke through the lining, sucking two houses into the void above and claiming five lives.
Near Cotherstone, the Barnard Castle to Middleton-in-Teesdale branch crossed the River Balder on a 9-arch stone viaduct. The trackbed now forms one of County Durham’s many railway paths so hikers can take in views of the Tees’ natural splendour from the structure.
July 2008Forgotten Relics records and celebrates the UK's disused railway structures, still standing as monuments to the period of ambition, courage and endeavour during which they were built.
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