Rutland Pride April 2021

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THE WELLAND VIADUCT

Underneath the

ARCHES Words: Rob Davis.

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It’s difficult to imagine the landscape of Harringworth and Seaton without seeing the epic Welland Viaduct stretching across the area’s pastureland. Completed by rough old navvies from 1878, it was an epic structure, but also one that would prove essential to the economic success of the railway to the area...


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