page_title: Chapel Milton Viaduct
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Chapel Milton Viaduct / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Midland Railway Viaduct, Chapel Milton
context_page_description: Chapel Milton Viaduct is a Grade II listed bifurcated railway viaduct on the Great Rocks Line at its junction with the Hope Valley Line, straddling the Black Brook valley in Chapel Milton, Derbyshire, England. The first section of the viaduct, built by the Midland Railway in 1867, diverges and curves to the west while the second, built in 1890, curves to the east as the line, coming up from the south, links up with the main line between Sheffield and Manchester.
  Originally built to carry express trains from London St Pancras to Manchester London Road, the viaduct now carries a freight-only line transporting limestone from the quarries and works around Buxton.
  The viaduct is a significant and dominant structure within the small hamlet, which is largely characterised by its presence. It also passes over the Peak Forest Tramway, an early industrial railway operational from 1796. Since July 2019, an aerial shot of the double viaduct has featured in the opening titles of the regional news programme BBC North West Tonight.
context_section_description: The viaduct has two curved arcades, converging to the south with fourteen arches to the east and fifteen to the west. The central arch of the western arcade is blocked with a blind venetian arch; it is filled with clay to help reduce vibration. Tapering rectangular piers with projecting stringcourse at top. All arches are stilted, and voussoired with a string course and parapet wall over, topped by projecting copings.
  The masonry of the viaduct is composed of rubble work in regular courses, and the span of each arch is 42 feet (13 m). The gradient of the line over the viaduct is 1 in 90 throughout; at its highest point it is 102 feet (31 m) from water to rail level.
caption: A stone train crossing the viaduct
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