Artengill Viaduct

Artengill Viaduct is a railway viaduct that carries the Settle to Carlisle railway line over Artengill Beck. It was built between 1869 and 1875 for the Midland Railway Company, with Chief Engineer John Crossley and resident engineer J. Underwood overseeing the construction. The viaduct is made of rock-faced sandstone in large blocks, featuring brick soffits for the arches. It runs in a straight line on an almost north-south axis and consists of eleven round-headed arches supported by battered rectangular piers. The piers located to the north and south of the 7th, 8th, and 9th arches, which span the deepest part of the valley, are broader than the others and include tapered pilasters. The structure has short cavetto-moulded imposts at the springing of the arches, rusticated voussoirs, a moulded string course, and parapets with rounded coping. The viaduct is approximately 1200 meters north of Dent Head Viaduct and is a striking feature of the landscape.