2015

SE2344 : Pool Quarry railway bridge abutments

taken 8 years ago, near to Pool-in-Wharfedale, Leeds, England

This is 1 of 3 images, with title starting with Pool in this square
Pool Quarry railway bridge abutments
Pool Quarry railway bridge abutments
This rather mediocre photograph, taken into the sun, shows the abutments of the bridge which once carried a narrow gauge railway over the main A660 Otley - Leeds road. The railway was built to transport stone from Pool Quarry to Pool Station on the joint Midland and North Eastern Railway, 300 feet below and a mile away from the quarry. An incline was built and operated by gravity: loaded wagons would descend and pull empties up. The bridge shown here was built in 1890, replacing a level crossing which crossed the road at such an angle that a turntabe was needed.
Pool Quarries closed in 1915, but reopened in 1920 and remained in operation between the wars. The bridge lasted until 1941, when it was dismantled for scrap to aid the war effort. Most of this information was lifted from LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link ) which also has a picture of the bridge as it was prior to demolition.

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Geographical Context: Railways Derelict, Disused Place: Pool Primary Subject: Railway Infrastructure other tags: Old Railway Old Railway Bridge Pool Quarry Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Leeds Road [17] · A660 [10] · Railway Bridge [3] ·
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SE2344, 74 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Winder   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 27 December, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 20 May, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2375 4432 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:53.6710N 1:38.4052W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2375 4434
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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